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Editorial: Celebrating youth
FCW is seeking nominations for Rising Stars, a new awards program for up-and-coming younger workers in the government information technology community.
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Storm Watch 2006: Ready or not
Authorities enter the 2006 hurricane season better prepared than last year but not as ready as they would like to be.
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Wennergren wins Franke award
The award, presented at the Management of Change conference, is given to individuals who make extraordinary long-term contributions to public service.
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War accounts under attack as DOD scrambles
Warfighters caught in the crossfire of battle over supplemental funds.
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Doan to speak Tuesday at conference
Newly confirmed GSA administrator will address industry group.
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Commerce sets up IT security education program
The first step toward better information security in the government is to provide more training for the people responsible for keeping systems safe. That’s the approach being taken by Nancy DeFrancesco, chief information security officer for the Commerce Department.
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A-76 to play larger role in FMLOB
The Office of Management and Budget has added an unexpected and somewhat confusing twist to the Financial Management Line of Business initiative. Agencies or bureaus with 10 or more employees operating financial systems that do not comply with Financial System Integration Office requirements must now compete for, at minimum, the hosting and application management of their financial systems.<@SM>
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State CIOs skeptical of hurricane readiness
Conference attendees say that communications interoperability problems that plagued disaster responses last year have not been fixed.
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Robbins-Gioia acquires Parks Consulting
Transaction expands Robbins-Gioia's reach in markets and geography.
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IAC announces election results
In all, 321 companies, or more than 65 percent of the IAC membership, took part in the two-week electronic voting process.
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GAO seeks ACE improvement
DHS needs to find a new development approach to trade processing system, according to review.
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Justice awards CSC $42 million litigation case management contract
System will include unique interfaces for various agency divisions, allowing individualized access to information.
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War accounts under attack as DOD scrambles for funds
The Army and other services are shifting funds from critical missions to bolster operations and maintenance accounts departmentwide.
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HHS posts comparative price data on medical procedures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today posted on its Web site what Medicare pays for 30 common elective procedures and other hospital admissions.<@SM>
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FBI charges Pa. staff members in data wipe case
Employees erased e-mail messages and other data from the computers of a state senator under investigation for corruption.
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Army freezes spending until supplemental is passed
A memo sent to senior Army officials last Friday mandates drastic measures to halt spending in all activities related to the Army's operations and maintenance appropriation.
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Budget woes kill Army IT conference
Next week's event in Orlando could be one of many casualties of new funding restrictions.
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GE touts benefits of corporate e-filing
Filing its tax return electronically saved the company millions of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, officials said.
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