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DHS woos small businesses for new IT buying programs
Homeland Security Department officials are urging industry and small businesses to participate in two new procurement programs.
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Navy, NGA set sail on paperless navigation project
Service will use digital maps to plot the course of ships by 2009.
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Many hopes on hold for executive training
A nationwide program that prepares candidates for the highest paid jobs in the federal government is not accepting any more applications for now.
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GSA issues RFI for database to share terrorism information
The General Services Administration is asking industry to provide a governmentwide, searchable database of information, organizations, services and personnel related to each agency’s mission in the war on terrorism.
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Fed retirements pose a challenge
GAO asks agencies to improve teamwork efforts and use of metrics.
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Editorial: Getting the power
By giving senior IT leaders budget authority, agencies come closer to making them meaningful members of their management teams.
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Small OPM IT group wins its jobs
The Office of Personnel Management said that 52 information technology specialists in Macon, Ga., will keep their government jobs after winning an outsourcing competition.
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Hacker nabs Air Force personnel data
A hacker gained access to an Air Force system and accessed individual information on service personnel.
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Success is pending
PTO scores with trademark e-filing, goes back to the drawing board on patents.
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Lawsuit seeks to halt TSA Secure Flight data destruction
The suit would require TSA to stop the destruction of 12 million records and make them available for review.
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States may face higher costs for Real ID
The cost of implementing tougher security provisions for issuing drivers licenses may cost the states millions of dollars.
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OMB to request health IT investment details in Exhibit 300s
Agencies likely will have to describe in more detail their health IT investments in their annual budgets, with an eye toward future system collaboration and integration, according to a draft memo obtained by GCN.
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Health IT office takes shape
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology was officially launched in a notice in the Federal Register.
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HHS formalizes health IT coordinator’s authority
The Health and Human Services Department has formalized the organization, functions and delegations of authority for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Health care needs systems know-how, report says
A new study suggests creating university-based centers to train health care professionals to apply systems expertise to health care delivery.
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DHS meets with unions about blocked HR system
DHS and union leaders met to discuss what will happen next to MaxHR, the proposed DHS personnel system that a federal judge has forbidden the department to implement.
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Copyright Office draws heat for proposed IE-only rule
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress has found itself in the middle of some heated online debate about a proposal to limit full use of a new copyright registration Web site to only one browser.
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OMB reminds agencies to comply with Section 508
The General Services Administration has developed an electronic guide to help agencies comply with Section 508 requirements.
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