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Corps budget request includes military spending

Bush's proposal calls for $375 million for fiscal 2007, which includes military spending for the first time.

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A success for health info exchange

Health records successfully exchanged among Boston, Indianapolis and a California county in test of protoype national network.

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Clinical system generates performance reports

With little human intervention, Indian Health Service gets data on how well it's doing.

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Bush budget seeks $459.4M for NIST labs

Congress appropriated $387.4 million for NIST’s eight research laboratories to operate in fiscal 2006.

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EU focuses on health education

A new initiative in Europe would improve the quality of information its citizens receive about health issues.

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USPTO budgets $70.2 million for IT

The Patent and Trademark Office's IT spending plan contains $12.1 million for business continuity during a disaster.

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DOD IT spending flat for 2007

President Bush's $30.5 billion budget request for DOD emphasizes global communications and business transformation.

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Longtime share-in-savings proponent moves to HHS

Ken Buck, former director of share-in-savings contracting at the General Services Administration, has moved to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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State, OMB unveil new Web site designs

The State Department has given its home page a makeover to deliver a news feel, while the Office of Management and Budget has launched a new Web site that details the effectiveness of government programs.

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Accenture: Lose one, win another

Accenture won a $79.5 million contract, the Air Force announced today. Last month, the Marine Corps pulled the plug on a $41.3 million contract with the company.

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Proposed budget big on pandemic flu readiness

Request includes $188 million for CDC to improve public health disease surveillance.

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Administration proposes three new Lines of Business for 2007

In the fiscal 2007 budget, the Bush administration said it will launch three new Lines of Business consolidation initiatives for IT infrastructure, budget formulation and geospatial investments.<@SM>

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Bush skewers e-records research program, again

His fiscal 2007 budget proposal seeks to end the National Archives and Records Administration's grants program for state and local electronic records research.

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Slow growth for VA IT budget in 2007

The fiscal 2007 IT budget proposal for the VA is $1.9 billion, a slight increase from $1.84 billion in 2006.

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Bush cuts Education IT budget

The Education Department would take a small cut in its fiscal 2007 information technology budget, from $407 million to $403 million.

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OPM budgets for retirement systems

President Bush's budget asks Congress to spend $43.2 million on modernizing the government's retirement systems.

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Nevada on track for Unified Tax System

Thousands of businesses have registered to use its online capabilities.

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NAPA looks at 21st-century leaders

The National Academy of Public Administration and Human Capital Solutions explored steps that could develop public service leaders.

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OMB Web site lists federal program ratings

ExpectMore.gov provides clear evaluations of programs.

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New program to monitor loans

The Bush administration's fiscal 2007 budget proposal includes a new initiative designed to manage risk.