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GSA keeps Symplicity for procurement portal redesign
The General Services Administration has decided that Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va., will revamp FedBizOpps.gov after all.<@SM>
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New DOD agency taking over DIMHRS
The Defense Business Transformation Agency will also oversee 17 other programs.
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Labor launches revised compliance Web site
The Labor Department has launched a revamped version of a Web portal that gives regulated industries guidance on federal employment laws and regulations.<@SM><@SM>
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DOD rule limits task-order contracts
Defense Department limits task-order contracts to five years with a provision to go to 10 years through option periods.
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Telework advocates stress pandemic preparedness
States must be prepared to communicate and share information regionally in the event of a pandemic, former Virginia governor says.
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Johns Hopkins hosts new disaster-research center
The Center for the Study of High Consequence Event Preparedness and Response will conduct research on preparedness, prevention and response.
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North Dakota's CIO to retire at end of year
Curtis Wolfe expanded North Dakota’s digital capabilities and created new business opportunities in the state.
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FedBizOpps contract goes to Symplicity
The $17.5 million contract calls for re-engineering the Web site, hosting, maintenance and related services.
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CIO Council delivers EVM policy framework
The CIO Council documents serve as a model framework by providing agencies with the major components of an EVM policy.
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ManTech to secure Joint Strike Fighter
Integrator will provide services to Air Force program, including physical and information security.
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Lawsuit charges OPM with concealing civilian staffing data
Watchdog groups say that without such data, they would be unable to analyze how new personnel rules that DHS and DOD have adopted ultimately reshape the federal workforce.
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OMB to guide agencies on financial management LOB
The Office of Management and Budget will furnish guidance by the end of this month or in early January 2006 to help agencies determine how they should select a federal provider of financial-management services.
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DOD office buys tracking software
Washington Headquarters Services will use ProSight Portfolios for IT projects.
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Wanted: Systems to track disaster victims
Comcare Emergency Response Alliance is developing requirements for systems that would track people's locations and medical needs following catastrophes.
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TSA reorg bill pushes business, tech improvements
Republican leaders on the House Homeland Security Committee introduced the bill two days after a blistering report from the 9/11 Public Discourse Project.
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OPM opens jobs office at Walter Reed
The new OPM office will coordinate activities with the staff of Walter Reed’s Transition Assistance Program.
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Davis: Is Project BioShield meeting goals?
The congressman wants to know where HHS' program to further measures against bioterrorism stands.
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Army readying satcom contract
The World-Wide Satellite Systems vehicle will be worth $5 billion.
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Feds fail homeland security tests
In its last public comment, the 9/11 group gave the federal government failing grades for 'scandalous' shortcomings in implementing homeland security reforms.
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