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Kelman: Google still rules
For Harvard students, Google is the default option for finding even government information.
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NIH issues RFI for data solutions
The agency hopes to supplement its current software to improve information transfer between its databases.
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JTRS office says streamlined development could save billions
Study suggests R&D costs could be cut up to $6B by moving to an incremental approach to development.
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USGS updates A-76 schedule
The U.S. Geological Survey has reissued a presolicitation notice regarding a controversial competition for jobs that could put 250 USGS employees out of work.
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GSA regions struggle to generate revenues
Internal figures show regions earning far less in IT Solutions business than planned so far this year
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IRS names new chief of staff
Kathy Petronchak will help IRS commissioner oversee operations and plan programs.
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UPDATED: GAO: Feds must standardize info-sharing policies
The 26 agencies it reviewed have 56 different sensitive-but-classified designations.
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Fellows to study business transformation
The Defense Department program will offer midlevel officers and managers a yearlong experience in business transformation.
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Deals & Deadlines
The General Services Administration has issued requests for information for the Geospatial and IT Infrastructure Lines of Business and set industry days in Washington April 18 and 19.
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E-Rate Ripoffs
Arlene Ackerman, the San Francisco Independent School District’s superintendent, didn’t like the looks of a $50 million project proposal submitted for her approval shortly after her appointment in 2000. As she delved into the project application—made under a program known as E-Rate—Ackerman began a five-year journey into the sordid maze of a well-intentioned but disastrous effort to provide hard-pressed schools and libraries with access to broadband service.<@SM>
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Few women in top tech roles
The gender gap is smallest among top advisers in governors’ officers.
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GSA seeks input on E-Gov Travel RFP
The agency is seeking data capture and business intelligence technology for the government's travel booking system.
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The Tangled Web of E-Rate
Congress created the E-Rate program as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in a bid to provide Internet access to schools and libraries that otherwise would not have been able to afford broadband cabling and associated equipment, such as routers and servers. In the years since, the E-Rate program has come under fire partly because of its arcane and incestuous administrative structure.
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GPO in a hurry to get to the future
The agency has given vendors 30 days for Future Digital System proposals.
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Intercepts
Army’s $10 billion holistic widget buy; Way-out waveform; Here comes the deploying dentist!; A whole mess of cost increases; But do they know what a bumper is?
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Springer makes her mark in Washington
OPM's director is applying her management skills to creating a more effective federal workforce.
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Editorial: A glimmer of hope
GSA needs senior political leadership positions filled so the agency can deal with its problems. Doan’s nomination has already lifted the spirits of GSA’s employees.
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Denett to be named OFPP director
Paul Denett brings more than 30 years of experience to the table.
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