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DHS extends First Source deadline
Proposals for the $3 billion IT procurement vehicle are now due Jan. 23, 2006.
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VA expands online grave site locator
The Veterans Affairs Department has significantly increased its online list of burial locations and information inscribed on the markers to more than 5 million.
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OMB policy on posting information sparks debate
The new policy asking agencies to improve how they disseminate public information is at the heart of a larger battle over how much categorization is needed to make data publicly accessible.
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UC/Bechtel to manage Los Alamos
The Energy Department awarded a contract worth as much as $558 million to a team led by the University of California and Bechtel National to oversee the lab.
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TSA seeks business plan for Registered Traveler
Vendors have until Jan. 20 to respond to an RFI for the voluntary passenger-screening program.
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GAO to DHS: Directorate must avoid favoritism
The Science and Technology Directorate must ensure that managers don’t award research contracts to only a few select organizations, a GAO report states.
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South Carolina gets a new CIO
Jim Bryant will oversee nearly 300 employees and a budget of more than $66 million.
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Some at Los Alamos unhappy with UC contract
Employees say the University of California should not be allowed to continue managing the lab in light of recent scandals.
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Careerist at State Department named CIO
James Vanderhoff began his information technology career as a communications electronics officer.
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McConnell: Leading from fear hurts us all
The revelations about spying on U.S. citizens and the attendant publicity harm NSA’s ability to perform its mission.
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Robert Dickson joins Apptis
In his federal career, Dickson served on the Government Information Technology Executive Council board of directors.
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E-manifest program expands to southern border
The program is part of a CBP modernization program to improve security and expedite trade at U.S. borders.
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Northrop Grumman chooses state and local VP
Jill Kale will become vice president of strategic program management, transitions and processes.
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OMB releases new version of DRM
The Office of Management and Budget has posted the second version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model, designed to boost cross-agency sharing of information.
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First advanced GPS satellite goes live
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin put into operation new military and civilian signals to improve encryption and accuracy.
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USPTO to let examiners work at home
Officials said the agency must offer alternative work arrangements to attract and retain high-quality employees.
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Former Energy security chief joins Input
Bruce Brody, a former associate CIO at DOE, will lead the research firm's security consulting practice.
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GAO: Tech can reduce immigrant benefits backlog
A new report states that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must create a system that tracks applications.
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NASA tries to sound more down-to-earth
The Web manager said the agency's site should communicate technical concepts clearly to nonscientists.
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