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Marines in Afghanistan to get extra rations

After the release of a report that units in the Afghan mountains were starving, the service plans to field a new high-calorie, high-carbohydrate assault ration.

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Regulations.gov to nearly triple number of rules posted

Only about 36 percent of all documents that support federal rules are posted on Regulations.gov, but that will change over the next 11 months.

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Wyatt Kash | Editor's Desk: E-gov’s true measure

OMB' report to Congress on the 25 e-government projects suggests both the progress the initiatives have made and the challenges they still face.

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Defense Travel System under review

Congress has reservations about system’s cost, efficiency.

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Circuit

Saluting a most honorable man; More GSA changes; Other movers.

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DOD says no to massive IT acquisitions

Large systems integrators will have a role, but it won’t be to run proprietary systems.

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DOD learns transport logistics the Toyota way

Transcom imports Japanese automaker’s practices to manage its supply chain.

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Rep. Towns: Restructuring could fix some agencies' operations

Towns, chairman of a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s subcommittee, said the government is struggling with disjointed programs and stovepipe systems.

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Intercepts

Is Afghanistan the forgotten war?; Marines beef up supplemental radio buys; Just say no to Google Desktop; Software assurance not all that reassuring; Is the AF about to land a TKO on DKO?

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Web extra: How Loran and eLoran work

The government must decide whether to invest in a ground-based navigation system to back up the Global Positioning System.

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Too successful for their own good

Former small-business firms struggle with a problem that SBA shrugs off.

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Lisagor: My crystal ball gets serious

Predictions have a way of coming true when you and I least expect them to.

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Agency support for telework perceived to be lacking

Survey shows that most federal managers do not believe their agencies support telework and admit they fear losing control of employees.

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IG: EPA needs better contractor security controls

EPA should extend its oversight to include contractors located outside its offices and its network, according to the agency's IG.

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IGs fault Interior for handling of DOD business

Two Interior contracting centers have failed in their responsibilities to act as “good stewards” of federal resources, according to a joint report of the DOD, DOI inspectors general.

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Universal DOD Web portal hits a snag

Air Force declares it won't join Defense Knowledge Online until at least 2009.

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Public/private teams are a challenge for CIOs

Latest IT workforce configurations require extra management attention and oversight.

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Immigration service sets rules for online system

Workers outside DHS must still appear in person to access immigration files, according to a new rule.

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Welles: Look ahead: 2007

Union leaders hope a Democratic Congress will translate into gains for federal employees.

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Senate bill mandates a Web site for tracking congressional travel

According to the bill, the searchable Web site must be categorized by member, travel date and other common categories associated with congressional travel.