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Agencies, OMB pushing security requirements through contracts
As the new CIO of the Housing and Urban Development Department, Lisa Schlosser is on a mission to improve the agency’s cybersecurity.
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DOJ cybersecurity effort aims for Center of Excellence status
The Justice Department will attempt to become a Center of Excellence for the Cybersecurity Line of Business initiative.
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Army one-star list out
Three systems and information technology colonels nominated for brigadier general.
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Reed named to VA management post
Rita Reed named deputy assistant secretary for management at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DISA marshals support for Katrina relief operations
The agency is sending satellite communications resources to the Gulf Coast.
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DHS picks Booz Allen for engineering contract
The company will provide information technology support and program management.
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USDA keeps paychecks coming, despite Katrina
The Agriculture Department's finance center in New Orleans completed the payroll for nearly 500,000 federal workers before the hurricane hit.
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FEMA uses closed NASA facility
Agency moves Hurricane Katrina operations headquarters to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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GAO: More data needed for contracting reforms
Agencies could improve the federal contracting process through better reporting on suspension and debarment cases, auditors say.
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Navy sends understaffed hospital ship to ravaged Gulf Coast
The USNS Comfort will sail Saturday with only enough medical personnel to staff 250 of the ship's 1,000 hospital beds.
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DOD creates new health office
The Military Health System Office of Transformation established to reform military health services.
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DHS official heads federal response to Hurricane Katrina
Michael Brown, the undersecretary of DHS's Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, was named to coordinate the fed response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Zeppieri steps down at TSA
TSA CIO David Zeppieri is the latest top person to leave the troubled agency.
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NOAA supercomputer predicted hit, underestimated force
Supercomputers helped the agency accurately predict where Hurricane Katrina would hit, but they missed predictions about its intensity.
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Illinois inks toll system deal with SAIC
SAIC’s Security and Transportation Technology business unit will provide equipment to upgrade the state tollway violation enforcement system.
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DOD Health seeks new database for 8.9 million patients
Pentagon wants to convert its scheduling and registration system to a new database technology.
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DISA Louisiana megacenter closed in wake of hurricane
The Defense Information Systems Agency said its data processing megacenter in Slidell, La., will be closed until this Friday in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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DHS asks judge to minimize MaxHR injunction
The Homeland Security Department wants a federal judge to allow a partial roll out of the department’s new personnel system.
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Global Crossing, Northrop team on AF net
Global Crossing and Northrop Grumman are at the midpoint in their effort to deploy an Air Force network that connects bases for flight simulation training.
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