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Education taps Perot to upgrade biz management

Under the terms of the five-year contract, Perot Systems will upgrade the department's business management processes for Title IV higher education funding.

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ASCP gets a new boss

The Army Small Computer Program is now under the operational control of the Program Executive Office for Command Control Communications Tactical.

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Bush to nominate VA assistant secretary

With Senate approval, the VA would promote Robert Howard from supervisor of the Office of Information and Technology to assistant secretary for information and technology.

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Doan whittles away GSA deficit and enjoys it

The administrator said she has looked for ways to trim agency programs and asked GSA to make a 9 percent across-the-board cut in funding.

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IRS move to Treasury e-travel to be costly

Officials believe it is not in the tax agency’s best interest to change from its current electronic travel system to the Treasury Department’s version.

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Northrop Grumman adds GTSI to team

The IT solutions provider will add processing support to the Air Force Network-Centric Solutions contract.

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NOAA workers join Commerce pay-for-performance project

Among the employees shifting out of the General Schedule pay system are local members of several federal workers' unions, including AFGE.

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DOD's Office of Force Transformation to close

Experts say it was dependent on the late Vice Adm. Arthur Cebrowski's vision and energy.

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In-Q-Tel names new CEO

Technology veteran Christopher Darby will take over Amit Yoran's position as president and CEO of the venture capital firm Sept. 18.

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Ransom payments set maps free

Jared Benedict raised enough money to centralize 56,000 digital topographic maps in the Internet Archive and make them available for free download.

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A work in progress

Experts debate whether the creation of DHS boosted technology programs as expected.

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Editorial: Changing everything

There has been a noticeable and disappointing lack of significant or meaningful change on Capitol Hill since the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Union: Low staffing at LAX worsens delays

Airline passenger advocacy group says staffing levels are part of a larger problem.

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Balutis moves to Cisco

Formerly the government strategies leader at Input, Alan Balutis becomes a distinguished fellow and director at Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group.

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Circuit

National Mall hooks up tourists and townies with free Wi-Fi; NASA division takes award for aviation gridlock management software; FirstGov tops annual government Web site survey; OASIS elects new leaders

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Experts see little fallout from Thomas’ criticism of CSC

Congressman’s charges won’t affect work on the IRS’ fraud-detection system.

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SRA's chief operating officer retires

Renny DiPentima, the company's CEO, will assume David Kriegman's duties until a successor is named.

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NARA must improve ERA expense plan

The agency has made progress in creating a detailed expense plan for its electronic archives, but GAO auditors say more work remains to be done.

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Integrators see dark clouds, some sunshine

Climate is one of tight budgets, price pressures.

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New book offers managers tips on keeping the best employees

"Retaining Your Best People" describes complex set of managerial skills necessary to retain best workers.