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GAO: Census' workforce not ready for 2010
The 2010 decennial census could be problematic if bureau officials don't address mission-critical workforce needs, the GAO warned.
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SRA to continue Air Force continuity planning
The Air Force has awarded a $13.7 million continuity of operations order to SRA International.
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FIPS 201 requires new scrutiny of contractors
A surge in background investigations of federal employees and contractors could begin in October as agencies prepare to comply with a new governmentwide standard for personal identity credentials.
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Marsh: Empowering HR officers
Many agencies have HR systems that have not evolved past the Cold War era
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Interior threatens whistle-blower
Fight continues over Interior's oversight of Indian trust funds in lawsuit accusing department of doing a poor job of protecting data from hackers.
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PMA yields turnaround at mismanaged agencies
Hate it or love it, the President’s Management Agenda is changing the way the government works.
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Cofoni resigns as head of CSC federal
Industry sources say Cofoni tendered his resignation Thursday night. No word on his successor or future plans.
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Senate drops restrictions on e-gov funding
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development did not follow the House’s lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.
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BearingPoint takes access card contract
Integrator will support Common Access Card program and help DOD comply with mandates regarding biometrics.
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OPM renames online learning portal
The governmentwide portal for online learning will now be known as USALearning.gov.
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DHS personnel system buy draws Hill ire
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) has launched a critical inquiry into the Homeland Security Department’s decision to award a blanket purchase agreement to Northrop Grumman Information Technology for the $175 million MaxHR project to build a new personnel system.
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Former Peace Corps CIO named CIO for Minnesota
The appointment comes a month after the governor launched the state’s new Office of Enterprise Technology.
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MIR3 and Intrado form partnership
Both companies provide emergency notification systems, and as a team, will pursue government opportunities.
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Talk radio
Just as the USB standard lets you connect a PC to different hardware devices, Project Safecom officials expect the P-25 standard to let different narrowband radios work with one another.
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E-debit card reduces food stamp errors
The Agriculture Department has cut $1.4 billion in improper payments over five years from its Food Stamp program by adopting an electronic benefits card, and aligning state and federal benefit criteria.
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DOD asked to look at centralizing IT
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know if centralized DOD IT spending would solve its data sharing and interoperability problems.
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Information sharing has a dark side
Although information sharing could prevent another terrorist attack, it could also create a single point of failure, a DHS CIO warned.
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Veterans Health Administration reorganizes
New VHA undersecretary puts his stamp on agency's organization chart to streamline the program that delivers health care to vets.
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