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New York awards $2 billion public safety radio communications deal
M/A-COM will implement, operate and maintain a statewide interoperable wireless radio network.
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USAJobs Web site attracts record traffic
Office of Personnel Management officials attribute the sharp increase in visitors partly to new search features and other technical improvements.
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AtHoc installs warning system for Air Force
The company has installed its IWSAlerts system at the Air Force’s Air Education Training Command site at Vance Air Force Base, Okla.
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Florida police to share data with other states
Support for XML justice standard will open door to secure info sharing
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Federal sites still need improvement
Customer satisfaction with government Web sites increased once again last quarter, although there is still need for improvement, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
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Princeton study says federal careerists make better managers
The author of the study concludes that presidents are willing to trade management competence to secure ideological loyalty.
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Administration aims to get HR, financial centers on track
The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget expect by the end of the year to answer some of the biggest questions surrounding the Lines of Business Consolidation initiatives.
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DRC tapped for Air Force net-centric work
The company is upgrading IT at a Langley, Va.-based intell center to improve information-sharing abilities with the other services and coalition forces.
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FirstGov.gov to expand capabilities with new contract
<font color="CC0000"><b>(UPDATED)</b></font color> The General Services Administration expects an expanded search function on the Firstgov.gov Web site to improve access to and the efficiency of the portal.
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FirstGov portal to soon offer better search organization
GSA is implementing Clusty.com, a search engine that clusters hits by category, and expanding the portal's search capacity to include 24 million Web pages.
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Google classified
Search engine partners with federal vendors to move into intelligence and defense markets.
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FBI extends deadline for Sentinel bids
FBI CIO Zalmai Azmi said the bureau will accept final proposals for Sentinel, the FBI's new flagship data management system, through Sept. 26.
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TSA dropping commercial data from Secure Flight
Before deploying Secure Flight, TSA must publish a privacy impact notice in the Federal Register.
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Drug data for Katrina evacuees now online
Prescription medicine data for evacuees fleeing Hurricane Katrina’s devastation is now available on a single Web site.
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Parkes: In emergencies, data needs to be everywhere
The Energy Department CIO urges wide-ranging approach to get data everywhere it's needed in emergencies.
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Plunkett: Crafting metrics not too difficult
Expert says a unified theory of performance management is necessary.
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Burk: FEA could become an FEA
The federal chief architect believes government could create a true federal enterprise architecture, without making agencies throw out their work.
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Radio upkeep is no small task in New Orleans
Never mind interoperability, just keeping radios up and running proves a big undertaking.
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Hobbins up for his fourth star
The Air Force’s senior IT official has been nominated for commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe.
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