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USAID taps AT&T team for Web upgrade

The US Agency for International Development has issued a task order to vendor team for Web site expansion and maintenance.<@SM>

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Editorial: Apples and oranges

The idea that government should be run like a business is tempting but ultimately misguided.

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DHS wants software for purchase card training

The department is looking for commercial software for delivering training through its portal and for tracking the results.

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GSA's Doan, IG struggle over money

She says the inspector general is dancing the "Washington two-step" regarding her push for cutbacks to the IG office's budget.

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Management training targets contractors

Niche consultants attract businesses eager to learn specialized skills.

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Government Inc.

Policy-makers have worked hard to make the federal government run more like a business, but how far can they go?

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Meet the politician who became a techie

Former Rep. Scott McPherson returns to the Florida statehouse as CIO.

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Circuit

Sen. Smith and Rep. Schiff win Cyber Champ titles; SGI supercomputer sharpens NWS winter weather forecasting skills; Foreign governments turn to nonproprietary file formats

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Smaller banks suffer Fed access delay

A Federal Reserve online service experienced intermittent problems when a number of small and medium-sized banks tried to access it earlier this week to perform daily financial activities.<@SM>

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Private-sector shared-services providers must be FISMA-compliant

Karen Evans, Office of Management and Budget’s administrator for e-government and IT, says shared-services providers to the government for human resources or financial management services must comply with FISMA.

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Doan proposes shuffling GSA's central office, policy shop

Moving OGP under the congressional affairs office will “weave the important role OGP plays in helping to shape government policies that work,” Doan wrote in an e-mail message to FCW.

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Boeing, Lockheed unite launch vehicle businesses

The joint venture will be called United Launch Alliance and combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations of the two companies.

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Navy names Robert Carey as new CIO

The former deputy CIO will take over in early 2007 after he returns from active duty in Iraq.

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Navy satcom performance impedes warfighters

Shipboard satellite systems operating in the super and extremely high-frequency bands do not perform well enough to support warfighting needs, according to an internal message.

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University: Invest in feds

George Washington University teamed with BearingPoint to produce recommendations for recruiting more talented job candidates.

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Survey: Agencies lack well-trained IT project leaders, managers

More than three-quarters of respondents said they had no adequate training or were unsure of their training regarding many critical elements to successfully handling an IT project.

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FEMA gets CIO; DHS loses chief of staff

Tony Cira, a former AT&T official, will take the IT reins for emergency management.

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Line of business will outlast administrations

Experts agree that the push to move toward the Financial Management Line of Business will be too difficult to reverse whether the next president is a Democrat or a Republican.

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Students to shadow federal IT employees

The CIO Council is planning its first Job Shadow Day since 2003.

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Marines award $45.6M deal to meet needs in Iraq

General Dynamics won the contract to deliver 150 tactical data systems to Marines in Iraq.