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Signed, sealed: Spending database bill is law

President Bush today signed legislation that will require the Office of Management and Budget to oversee a searchable Web site containing data on all sorts of government spending.<@SM>

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OMB makes headway on e-gov funding

The Office of Management and Budget believes it has made a significant breakthrough with lawmakers about the benefits of e-government.

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Federal Web managers win awards

NASA, the USDA and HHS won in different categories of the Government Web Managers Best Practices Peer Awards.

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Kelman: The face-to-face experience

Employees who can put a face to their customers far outperform those who never met one.

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Federal enterprise architects: Selling EA requires stealth

Architects recommend ways to persuade senior executives to support enterprise architecture initiatives

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Intercepts

Remember the McNamara Line?; Spending priorities: Billions for SBInet, $12K for military death benefits; What do you expect out of DHS in two years?; One governor, two Cabinet secretaries and Pat Boone; Anderson Cooper, the mole?

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Supercomputing partnerships win high marks

Companies cite satisfaction with their HPC partners.

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Sprehe: Why people matter

Three current developments could make it more difficult to manage federal IT systems.

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Senators call IRS nominee 'unacceptable'

President Bush's nomination of a Treasury official to represent the workforce on an oversight board is "unacceptable" to Senate Democrats.

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A lawyer who likes information technology

As New York’s top cyber official, Will Pelgrin also leads a successful multistate ISAC

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Circuit

Putting financial management on steroids; Scientists rile DHS over Web site; Congress is tardy for math class.

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House Dems urge GAO to assess EPA library cuts

In a letter to Comptroller General David Walker, the representatives say the "EPA plans to shut libraries first and digitize documents later."

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Another harsh audit for DOD

GAO says staffing deficiencies continue to create Defense contracting problems

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Alion names first COO

Stacy Mendler will oversee day-to-day operations and company strategy.

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Dynamics Research hires Todd Reynolds

As director of strategic programs for the Federal Solutions Group, his primary focus will be homeland security business development.

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Lockheed, General Dynamics partner on HSPD-12

Citing competitive pricing, the two defense contractors have joined forces to offer solutions for the contract.

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OMB lifts the veil on IT worries

The agency has revealed two lists of projects that it says warrant expanded public oversight.

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Financial line of business still too murky

Experts: OMB guidance leaves too many gray areas

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Joseph Guerci named CTO for SAIC research group

Guerci joins SAIC’s Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Group as vice president and chief technology officer.

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HHS re-ups Perot Systems for communications outreach

The Health and Human Services Department awarded a five-year, $16.1 million contract recompete to Perot Systems Corp. for continued communications outreach support to the department’s Office on Women’s Health.<@SM>