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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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Auditors find gaping holes in EPA IT procedures
The Environmental Protection Agency is losing millions of dollars by not monitoring its IT systems, according to an inspector general report.
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Kelman: Asking the wrong Katrina questions
Reporters fail to ask the right questions about Katrina contracting.
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Federal portals see continued customer satisfaction: ACSI report
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 (ACSI).
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Brinkley: BEA ready to transform Pentagon
The time has come in the Defense Department to stop creating a business enterprise architecture and start implementing, a senior DOD official said.
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Commission recommends voting safeguards
One panel member dissents from the official report, saying ID provision would exclude too many eligible voters.
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298 pages of problems at USPTO
A panel of experts has made dozens of recommendations for fixing management and workforce problems at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, an agency increasingly criticized for the quality of its work and a mounting backlog of patent applications.
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Medicaid contractor builds electronic drug record on the fly
The Health and Human Services Department began providing electronic drug data on Katrina evacuees to doctors working in shelters last week.
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Public satisfaction with federal Web up again
Federal Web sites continue to climb in the public’s estimation, according to the latest quarterly rankings.
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