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Air Force IT adds new moniker
The service reorganizes staff structure to assimilate with DOD commands and military services.
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GAO wants latest facts on IRS spending plans
The IRS adjusted its policies following GAO's criticism of the 2006 Business Systems Modernization program expenditure plan.
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Vegas police go with IP-based wireless net
M/A-COM will deploy a private 700/800 MHz network over the next two years.
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EDS chooses co-CFOs
Ron Vargo and Tom Haubenstricker will share chief financial officer duties at EDS when CFO Bob Swan leaves the company next month.
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DTS tops 1 million transactions
Use of the Pentagon’s electronic travel authorization and payment processing system surged with 110,000 new travel authorizations last month.
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Secret program reclassifies documents
A public interest group says that thousands of declassified pages of public records have been reclassified and removed from the shelves of NARA's research facility.
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Tax study finds personal integrity pays
Personal integrity is the greatest factor in people's decision not to cheat on their taxes, according to 82 percent of participants in a tax study.
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NARA finalizes rule on short-term e-records
The National Archives and Records Administration has issued a final rule that gives agencies guidance on how to define and maintain short-term electronic records, including e-mail.<@SM>
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Army leans toward Linux for FCS
A Linux-Intel solution may work best in the program's common PC environment, an official said.
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DOD promises a simpler NSPS
Officials in charge of the National Security Personnel System expect to issue a draft version of their revised rules sometime later this month.
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JTRS heads for spiral development
DOD will build the computer radio in increments, but competition looms.
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Security LOB to focus on training, reporting
OMB will set up centers of excellence later this year for training and security reporting for mandates such as the Federal Information Security Management Act in the fiscal 2007 budget submitted to Congress earlier this month.<@SM>
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Budget puts IT on new course
2007 proposal reflects OMB’s emphasis on blending tech into business processes
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Leto is new GTSI president, CEO
Dendy Young has stepped aside as president and chief executive officer of GTSI, which has appointed James Leto to take on those roles.
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Troubled Army programs 'dead meat'
The service's top acquisition official has little tolerance for initiatives over cost and budget.
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Excellence.gov awardees focus on info-sharing
The Justice Department, the Army and the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are among those being feted by the American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Council this year.<@SM>
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GSA to use Web video to detail Alliant strategy
The video will cover major issues that have been raised since the initial draft RFPs were released, as well as changes to the two IT procurements the General Services Administration has made in response.<@SM><@SM><@SM>
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Innovative programs earn e-gov awards
Five federal information sharing programs received Excellence.gov awards today from the Industry Advisory Council at a luncheon in Washington, D.C.
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DOD buys five Linux supercomputers
Two will rank among the 20 most powerful systems in the world.
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