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DOD makes bold move to fix biz systems

New Defense Business Transformation Agency will unify programs and funding

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IRS preps seat management study

The agency is asking for initial expressions of interest from vendors who might compete to provide desktop computer services.

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Milwaukee to create citywide Wi-Fi net

A company approached city officials with the idea to develop a network at no cost to taxpayers.

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NIEM releases first draft of info-sharing specs

By encoding their information within a standardized set of metadata, agencies could make their resources more easily accessible to other agencies.

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Agriculture awards PwC $10 million A-123 contract

The Agriculture Department has awarded PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a blanket purchase agreement to assist with implementation of internal controls reporting required by the Office of Management and Budget.

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NASCIO gets $500,000 grant for information sharing

Grant will help promote use of the Global Justice Exchange Data Model, which lets criminal justice agencies exchange information effectively.

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Aquilent gets FirstGov refresh contract

Aquilent has won a contract to take part in desiging and testing FirstGov.gov and FirstGov en Español.

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GAO gives e-Rulemaking team an 'attaboy'

Federal officials in charge of the e-government initiative followed many best practices for managing projects.

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FBI hires first chief human resources officer

Donald Packham, a senior human resources official at BP, started his new job yesterday as the FBI’s first chief human resources officer.

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Dynamics Research wins NSF contract

Officials said the contract represents a significant expansion of its role in NSF’s electronic publishing program.

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Lockheed Martin lands $44 million Stratcom contract

The company will continue to update the Air Force's Integrated Space Command and Control system at the service's Cheyenne Mountain facility.

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Private-sector CIOs: Same responsibilities, different challenges

The Government Accountability Office report supplements a 2004 study of federal CIOs' major challenges and responsibilities.

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CDC shuffles IT responsibilities

New information management office to oversee enterprise business systems

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FYI pursues integrator partners

The data visualization vendor wants to expand its government business through relationships with integrators.

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Rumble continues over e-gov funding

At the last minute, Senate approves some of Commerce's e-gov budget

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OMB’s Evans: Agencies will meet PIV I by Oct. 27

Agencies have less than three weeks to make sure their processes to issue federal ID cards and register employees meet the requirements outlined in Federal Information Processing Standard 201-Personal Identity Verification I.<@SM>

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Special Ops seeks faster nets

IGov plans to build lighter, faster and smarter battlefield systems and update existing ones.

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Experts give identity management advice

The proper deployment of identity management can improve an organizations’ effectiveness – and the bottom line.

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Lawmakers praise National Weather Service's pre-Katrina efforts

House lauds NWS for Katrina warning, but agency officials say they could've done better.

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Wanted: New DHS privacy officer

Experts laud O'Connor Kelly for balancing security and privacy