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Gateway gets Navy hardware deal
Computers will let sailors on ships and submarines use e-mail and videoconferencing to communicate with family and friends.
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Senate confirms new director at NIST
Senate lawmakers Friday confirmed William Jeffrey as the 13th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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GAO: TSA fixing Secure Flight privacy violations
The Transportation Security Administration has taken steps to fix privacy violations it committed in the Secure Flight passenger screening program, the Government Accountability Office reported.
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Boeing’s JTRS fate due soon
Defense Acquisition Board set to decide role of contractor in massive radio communications project.
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CherryRoad protests Army portal contract award
CherryRoad Technologies, which currently operates Army Knowledge Online, has protested the Army’s award of the AKO Enterprise Services contract to Lockheed Martin.
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House e-gov restrictions find faint echo on Senate panel
Senate panel votes to fully fund Transportation CIO office and ignores other House actions on e-gov.
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Labor scores green sweep on President's Management Agenda
Executive agencies have made significant improvements in their management practices in the past four years, score cards show.
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Senate drops restrictive e-gov language from spending bill
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee did not follow the House’s lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.
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3 agencies submit to Extreme Hiring Makeover
The experiment tested the suitability of private-sector hiring practices for the government, and broke at least one speed record.
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Senate committee seeks GSA reorg sign-off
A Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill would prohibit GSA from reorganizing without approval by the House and Senate appropriations committees.
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Labor goes 5-for-5 on PMA
It took exactly three years for the Labor Department to reach perfection on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
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Senate subcommittee limits competitive sourcing
Subcommittee votes to prevent agencies from converting federal jobs into private-sector ones without letting government workers compete.
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Input predicts broad telecom growth
Homeland security, defense transformation and e-gov projects are cited as factors.
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Pragmatics gets biometrics support contract
The National Ground Intelligence Center has awarded Pragmatics a one-year, $1.5 million for biometrics intelligence support contract.
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Dickson forms consulting firm
Bob Dickson, a vice president at Acquisition Solutions, will work closely with Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates.
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Federal groups to help states with intelligence strategies
Joint effort will produce guidelines for looping public safety, transportation sectors into homeland security intelligence fusion centers.
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Homeland Security Department to provide geospatial data to cities
Geospatial data will enable authorities to track suspicious activity, locate points of interest and gather other information.
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Justice seeks faster fingerprint tech
Feds put muscle and money behind the development of better fingerprint and palm print technologies.
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CMS assessing patient health record development for Medicare recipients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking industry comment to determine how involved the agency should be in the development of personal electronic health records for its target populations.
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