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IRS executives move up and out
As part of a series of executive changes, CIO Richard Spires will become deputy commissioner for operations support, but he will remain significantly involved in the IRS modernization effort, the agency said.
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DIA embraces Web 2.0
Wikis, RSS feeds and mashups are among the favored tools of information sharing.
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Goodbye to a mountain of paperwork
The Office of Personnel Management wants to complete its Retirement Systems Modernization project before most baby boomers retire.
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Census says Internet option is too risky
Lawmakers and Census officials spar over the benefits of a Web-based survey.
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E-gov survey ranks Delaware, Michigan as best
A team of researchers at Brown University evaluated Web sites for the presence of a wide variety of features, including online publications, privacy and security policies, and digital signatures and credit card payments.
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State fusion centers struggle to produce useful info, study finds
The report, by the Congressional Research Service, cited problems with the centers’ lack of connectivity with existing law enforcement databases and poor compliance with federally backed technical data-sharing standards.
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Lawmaker: Commitment crucial to meeting set-aside goals
The Army is able to meet small-business contracting goals because its leaders support the effort, a service official said.
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DOD eyes new wartime acquisition shop
It would manage the military's acquisition of goods and services during and after war operations.
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ODNI to issue 500-day plan
Director Mike McConnell says the office's initial 100-day plan to transform federal intelligence collaboration has paid dividends.
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Survey: Most managers link telework, COOP
In a survey by Juniper Networks, 62 percent of respondents said telework should be a critical part of an agency's continuity-of-operations program.
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GSA goes to Eagle Eye for contract, grant data
The agency is working to put federal contract and grant information into an easily searchable public database.
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Bush threatens veto of DHS appropriations bill
The administration says the legislation exceeds the president's fiscal 2008 budget request by $2.2 billion.
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GPO explores producing electronic IDs
The agency seeks a commercial operating system it could use to run its e-credentialing.
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House committee approves $459.6B for Defense
The Appropriations Committee's bill would cut $406 million from DOD's Future Combat Systems request and would tighten oversight of contractors.
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Diplomats take a shine to Wikipedia-like app
Diplopedia, launched last September, features more than 1,400 articles, with 255 agency employees registered as editors.
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