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State to buy PDAs for telework overseas

A pilot program last year showed that State personnel want international access to the Internet and their calendar and contacts.

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Arkansas renews deal with NIC for e-government services

Arkansas has awarded a three-year, multimillion-dollar contract renewal to NIC Inc. to continue providing e-government portal services.

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PSST: the password is...

Passwords are among the oldest and still most commonly used forms of authentication.

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DOD IG finds trouble with GSA buys

Many purchases the IG studied lacked proper planning or did not follow acquisition regulations.

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OPM: Student loans can pay off

Federal agencies can repay as much as $10,000 for an employee in a calendar year, which can be an incentive for them to stay.

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DHS readies IT acquisitions

Agency plans two major buys, one for leading edge solutions, the other for commercial products.

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Architecture efforts coming to a head

Among the initiatives slated for delivery in September are federal enterprise architecture products for records management and geospatial information.

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GSA gets new inspector general

The General Services Administration's new inspector general is Brian Miller, a former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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AFCEA Bethesda chapter elects new slate of officers

Phil Kiviat, a consultant with Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates, is the new president.

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Justice sex offender Web site goes live

The Justice Department has launched a Web site that allows the public to search for sex offenders in their communities.

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Intercepts

Beaming up the White House. How do you say 'task order' in Romanian? An In-Q-Tel for Navy? SRA's big signing. Meyerrose slotted for DNI CIO job?

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FBI releases Sentinel solicitation

The bureau turns to the National Institutes of Health's CIO-SP2i contract for system to replace the failed Virtual Case File project.

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EDS to develop U.K. prison app

Under a $68 million contract, integrator will build system to track offenders from arraignment to probation.

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OMB assigns CIOs new homework

An Aug. 4 memo spells out new tasks and deadlines focused on improving execution of project management plans.

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Public enemy No. 1: IT flaws

Inadequate systems keep the FBI from doing its job, homeland security experts tell Congress.

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Comings and goings

FDA's acting CIO. Minnesota's first CIO. Tiemann joins Booz Allen. Ady elected at IAC. Neal Fox consults.

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DISA raises Encore ceiling

Surge of business attributed in part to a shift from GSA contracts.

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Kelman: Deep smarts

Senior managers must nurture institutional knowledge.

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Architect of information retrieval

Eliot Christian seeks to preserve cataloging traditions in online world.

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Circuit

NARA's e-mail goof. Phys-Ed goes online. FBI hangs Help Wanted sign. Big Brother. English to remain official language of Internet addresses.