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Agarwal tapped to lead California's new tech department

P.K. Agarwal has been vice president of Affiliated Computer Services since 2003, but he has served as a California state official for many years.

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Google: Fit for intelligence work?

Some question whether search engine can detect complex patterns

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FirstGov completes its search

Government Web portal will use search engine that clusters results

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Web extra: GIS volunteers offered expertise during Katrina

GISCorps assembled a team of experts to support relief efforts.

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Amtower: Migrating feds

Is government seeing the start of a mass exodus?

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Feds train to achieve Six Sigma results

Discipline has saved the Navy millions on 500 projects

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ACS wins state Medicaid work

New Mexico pact could total $82.5 million for integrator and is just the latest deal in a customer relationship dating to 1994.

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Commerce gets Senate nod for e-gov money

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved late Friday approximately two-thirds of the Commerce Department’s fiscal 2005 e-government budget.

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Intercepts

Plugging DOD's network holes. Titan Rain presentation. Able Danger IT angles. Grand Challenge rules.

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FEMA IT problems predated Katrina

Even before Katrina, DHS' IT systems were so disconnected and inadequate that employees needed to develop ad hoc, often paper-based alternatives

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GSA fills out Federal Acquisition Service management

The General Services Administration has named the heads of each of the seven functional offices that make up the new FAS.

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DOD EA Version 3.0

Troubled Pentagon effort to create a business architecture tries again

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DHS budget slices $23M from HR system

The House and Senate have agreed to cut spending on the Homeland Security Department’s new human resources management system by $23 million for fiscal 2006.

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DOD's network defense to remain decentralized

Despite increasing attacks on its networks, the Defense Department will continue to protect them the way they do now -- at least for the time being.

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Perry resigns GSA post

Stephen Perry, administrator of the General Services Administration since 2001, has resigned from the agency. His resignation becomes effective at the end of the month.

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The e-government main event: Congress vs. OMB

Lawmakers constrained Commerce from transferring funds to e-gov in fiscal 2005

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Bill would give feds e-health records

A second forthcoming bill would set into law the government's national health IT coordinator and set milestones for federal agencies’ work to advance health IT.

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DHS EAGLE RFP released

The Homeland Security Department has issued the final request for proposals for its new procurement program for IT services.

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Tennessee renews NIC Web portal contract

The state uses a self-funded model to pay online services, in which the contractor pays for Web portal development costs but makes money from convenience fees.

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DISA seeks collaboration IT

Vendors asked to provide ideas under the $800 million Net-Centric Enterprise Services program.