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USAID awards $300M BPA to Devis
The company will modernize and support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s worldwide array of business applications.
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ProSight hires VP for federal sector
Sam Maccherola will be responsible for strategy, sales and marketing of the company’s federal business unit.
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OMB revises financial audit guidelines
A new memo expands the definition of some terms to make them more like private-sector designations.
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OMB: Agencies must report on FOIA usage
A new memo asks that agencies describe how the public can access electronic information and federally funded research and development information.
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Agencies, industry ramp up HSPD-12 efforts
As the Oct. 27 deadline approaches, agency orders for personal identity verification cards have risen as more companies have thrown their hats into the ring.
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Colorado's Web site adopts Google
Colorado.gov had been using Verity to power its search capability.
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Education will alert borrowers to Web glitch
The department plans to contact all 21,000 borrowers who might have been affected by a security breach on its student loan site.
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FDA expands e-submissions, automates drug data
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed automating how drug companies register themselves and list their products with the agency.<@SM>
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Navy awards CACI $96M communications contract
The company will provide mobile communications systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
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Software glitch reveals loan data
The Education Department said that up to 21,000 student loan borrowers who may have had their personal information viewed on the Federal Student Aid Web site will receive credit monitoring.<@SM><@SM>
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DISA to contract for more collaboration tools
The program will compete with IBM’s Lotus Sametime suite for use across the Defense Department, agency Director Charles Croom said.
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Commerce awards Apogen two contracts
Collectively worth $5.5 million, the contracts are for Web-based application development and computer programming for the Census Bureau.
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DOD IG audit finds fault; GSA defends improvements
GSA and DOD did not fully abide by appropriations law and procurement regulations, a yet-tob-be-released draft report states, but GSA officials say they have worked hard to rectify problems.
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SRA adds brass to board
Retired Army Gen. Larry Ellis will join the company’s board of directors Sept. 1.
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GSA to DOD IG: We're getting it right
GSA officials defended their efforts to improve the agency's procurement processes in response to a pending audit by the DOD IG that finds continued problems.
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Former NYC official urges wider use of GIS
Alan Leidner tells InfraGard National Conference audience that geographic information systems can contribute to protecting critical infrastructure.
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AKO might not be model for DKO
The alternative to adapting AKO into DKO is to build a small portal, independent of AKO, and build capabilities around it, said Lt. Col. Skip Harborth, chief of future operations for AKO.
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Army seeks proposals for ITES-2H
ITES-2H is meant to provide the hardware to enable ITES-2S solutions, and vendors will be required to use ITES-2H products, said Kevin Carroll, program executive officer at the PEO-EIS.
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GSA updates travel regs as E-Travel deadline nears
The General Services Administration has refined existing federal travel regulations as the deadline for agencies to implement an E-Travel system draws near.<@SM>
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