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Navy SALTS contract goes to SI

SI International will upgrade and manage the Navy's Standard Automated Logistics Tool Set (SALTS) program for secure electronic data interchange.

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It’s not all about turning green

Despite Hill push-back, White House claims PMA progress.

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Army reports big savings from enterprise buys

Service officials say they saved more than $20 million in a recent purchase of 31,000 desktop and 28,000 notebook PCs by standardizing requirements and coordinating bids.

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E-voting faces a test at the polls

NIST works on standards as debate continues over systems’ reliability.

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Report: Create single financial management statute

Federal financial management lacks a single source for guidance and many officials view its importance as minimal, according to a new NAPA report.

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IT, intranets would improve FOIA processes, attorney general says

In a review of agency plans to improve Freedom of Information Act operations, Alberto Gonzales found that many want to adopt IT for expediting requests.

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EU building info systems to help secure borders

The existing system is outdated and cannot meet the demands placed on it.

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Army: Iraqi militants can't crack tactical radios

Troops have been concerned due to news reports that Hezbollah forces in Lebanon had hacked into Israeli radios.

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Election could affect IT programs

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USAID gives BearingPoint $69M contract for work in Jordan

Under the five-year contract, BearingPoint will set up a Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality program for Jordan.

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Stratcom takes a page from Wikipedia

Using a Wikipedia-style approach, the program eliminates the chain of information by allowing collaboration regardless of rank or position.

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Access and the city: Portal helps New Yorkers find info

ACCESS NYC pulls together more than 20 city, state and federal benefit programs.

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Convera to help FirstGov find images

It has a product platform that makes sense of large amounts of information in multiple data formats, languages and meanings.

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GuideStar contributes technology to fed charity efforts

The firm, which specializes in researching nonprofit organizations, is offering free tools for federal employees to use as part of OPM's Combined Federal Campaign.

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Google hires former GSA official

M.J. Pizzella, who overseen the government's official search engine, FirstGov, had left GSA on June 30.

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GEIA bullish on DOD growth

At the opening of its Vision Conference, the industry association says it expects growth in the next 10 years despite tighter budgets and declining supplemental appropriations.

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Intergraph taps general to lead business units

It named Army Brig. Gen. Jack Pellicci senior vice president of the Security, Government and Infrastructure division and general manager of the Federal Solutions and Military and Intelligence business units.

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DOD, DOT explore next-gen satellite systems

The departments will meet with government and commercial organizations to assess capabilities users want in the Positioning, Navigation and Timing architecture planned for 2025.

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Gary Danoff | Another View: The future is now

Fast forward 10 years: Imagine CIOs “buying” agency service-level agreements from the prevalent IT utility of the day—the Federal IT Grid.

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Agencies struggle to defend IT spending

Most departments and agencies justify a majority of their IT investments, but DHS, the VA and the Army Corps of Engineers could defend less than half of theirs, according to a report.