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Air Force seeks new ideas for support missions
It wants technologies that could offset limitations such as force reductions and budget shortfalls.
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DOD, intell community to collaborate on network access control
They are preparing a memo to formalize collaboration on an authentication mechanism named attribute-based access control, a DOD official said.
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FBI expanding access to fingerprint database
The State Department will provide all consulates and embassies with the ability to use the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
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Postal Service CTO to retire
Robert Otto, who is also the CIO at USPS, will step down Oct. 1, the agency announced today.
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Forest Service wants internal IT call center
The agency is seeking proposals for a center that would resolve common and simple problems for agency employees.
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State CIOs' priority: Consolidating data centers
They seek to to improve their service delivery, reinforce their ability to protect systems and the data they contain, reduce costs, and streamline IT functions, according to a NASCIO report.
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GAO releases guide to monitor program costs
The agency has released a draft of its GAO Cost Assessment Guide, intended to establish a consistent approach to managing program costs governmentwide.
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GAO: NASA needs a plan for management modernization
The space agency must show how all its systems will work together before it can begin integrating them, GAO said.
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OPM updates regs to reflect modernized retirement system
The Office of Personnel Management addresses electronic signatures, online benefit decisions and electronic records.
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Watch out, YouTube
More federal agencies take steps to get their message across using online video content.
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Air Force stands behind industry code
IG dispute with the service about NetCents coding clouds its small-business set-aside.
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Former Office of Personnel Management employees plead guilty to stealing
Two accounting technicians stole more than $27,500, according to OPM.
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House axes stability ops center
Lawmakers want to cut project’s funding, surprising some.
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Are they A-76 winners or second-class feds?
Public/private jobs competitions are unpopular with lawmakers, fraught with anxiety for employees and increasingly not worth the trouble for companies invited to compete.
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GAO site gets a facelift
Its new home page features a tabbed approach and aims to improve site usability.
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