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Welles: Decompress your stress
IT problem-solving creates on-the-job stress that a few mind exercises can help relieve.
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GAO assesses Katrina oversight
Confusion, poor communication and a shortage of oversight officials led to wasted spending
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U.S. Access Board names Bibb chairman
The board is an independent federal agency that coordinates governmentwide efforts to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities.
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USGS lifts suspension on A-76 jobs competition
The controversy will not impede the agency’s plans to consolidate electronic-mapping functions.
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GSA defines its challenges
Embattled agency officials maintain that changes will strengthen GSA
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ManTech wins $114M Army task order
ManTech International won an Army task order to support countermeasures for improvised explosive devices.
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Navy extends NMCI pact
The $3.1 billion contract extension locks in 15 percent seat price reduction.
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Intercepts
Joint Staff to get first woman C4 director; Hacker warning note: Don’t mess with MDA; The vanishing IG report; The Army network vision thing.
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DOD issues final rule on non-DOD contracts
The rule clarifies the circumstances under which DOD officials could use contracts that originated in other agencies.
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Border Patrol to expand UAV usage
A success so far, unmanned aerial vehicles also cause concern for some officials.
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Taxpayers move to the Web
Percentage of taxpayers filing electronically is up from last year.
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Employees like IRS remote access project
It also saves the agency money, the associate chief information officer for enterprise networks said.
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Audio archives could become inaccessible, engineers warn
Tapes and records could deteriorate, making audio archives useless, so urgency is needed to transfer them to digital media.
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FBI CIO: You get what you pay for
The bureau's CIO says there is not enough money to pay for essential IT services such as e-mail.
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SiloSmashers wins OMB lines of business work
The BPA award includes work on managing programs, facilitation services and workforce planning, and IT strategy.
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Northrop Grumman looks beyond DOD
The defense contractor sees opportunities in health IT and homeland security.
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Spawar tech transfer program gets $50,000 for robotics
Funding is intended to cover research that will make robots less dependent on human involvement.
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GSA to release RFIs for new Lines of Business
The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business—IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation—in mid-April.<@SM>
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