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LandWarNet University to open

Army has earmarked $30 million for net-centric training facility.

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CSC gets $35M FEMA flood insurance contract

Incumbent contractor won a competition to keep its place with federal flood insurance program.

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Accenture to develop Georgia child welfare system

Three-year contract covers design, development and implementation of system to monitor children under state supervision.

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Accenture gets DLA data-management deal

The integrator will support an initiative to increase the accuracy and accessibility of product data that the agency needs to make informed decisions.

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Senate, House need to come to terms over e-gov funding

Legislation allocating $5 million for the administration’s E-Government Fund and placing limits on competitive sourcing for certain agencies cleared the Senate last month and is headed for a conference committee so House and Senate lawmakers can work out differences.

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State and local liaison Josh Filler to leave DHS

Filler has been director of the Homeland Security Department's Office of State and Local Government Coordination since the department formed in 2003.

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EPA’s Nelson: E-gov supporters should lobby Congress

Environmental Protection Agency CIO Kim Nelson is calling on the administration and even industry to take a new approach to convincing lawmakers why they should support e-government.<@SM><@SM><@SM>

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FDA to list approved products in online archive

The Food and Drug Administration is demanding that manufacturers submit information printed on prescription drug labels in a new electronic format.

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OMB asks agencies to practice project management discipline

Federal agencies have until Dec. 31 to create policies for using earned value management to reduce inherent risks in IT projects.

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CIO closer to controlling VA's IT budget

House approves a plan that would put control of the VA’s IT budget into the CIO's hands, which would allow better spending control.

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Agencies struggle with EVM as OMB deadline approaches

As the Dec. 31 deadline approaches for agencies to develop an earned-value management policy for IT projects, not all agencies have embraced the discipline and some may be challenged to meet the upcoming milestone.

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Medical publishers still battling NIH

NIH says links to publishers' sites would not help NIH achieve its goal of creating a permanent, integrated research archive.

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McDonald Bradley wins another DIA deal

The company will develop an architecture so the military can better share intelligence.

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Army awards TEIS contracts

STG is one of the winners to provide engineering, information assurance and systems integration services worldwide.

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Inxight Software gets DIA deal

The military will use the company’s products to process intelligence.

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GAO: Congress should help focus program management

New report says congressional staffers must be convinced of the effectiveness of the Program Assessment Rating Tool.

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New technologies to be fielded faster

Hurricane Katrina revealed disconnects among federal, state and local public-safety systems, the Homeland Security Department’s top science official warned.

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The times they are a-changing

The role of government and taxpayer expectations are changing, experts say.

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OMB program management tracking tool needs more focus: GAO

While the Office of Management and Budget’s method for tracking agencies’ program management has improved project performance, the system is too broadly focused and leaves short-term problems unresolved, according to government auditors.

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Disasters in the Internet Age

The Internet -- more than any other tool -- is proving to be a significant means of communication during disasters