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IG decries lax top-level oversight

Senior officials are criticized for ignoring problems in a multi-agency satellite project.

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Army looks to reschedule IT conference

Conference leaders are hoping to reschedule the conference after supplemental funding from Congress is delivered, but have not decided when or where.

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NAPA says anxiety afflicts A-76 winners

It recommends that more be done to improve post-award morale.

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Army gears up for contractor cuts

New policy directives call for staff reductions.

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ITAA to Congress: Speed up H-1B visa reforms

Industry vendors are concerned about having limited access to the international talent pool.

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Comments, please

A new Defense Department memo directs all DOD organizations to use the online Federal Docket Management System to issue regulations.

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Centcom plans Middle East network expansion

Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar to join global grid.

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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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Letters

Long live the CIO Council; Security problems at Interior.

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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.