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Senators seek to fast track FBI's Sentinel

Lawmakers question the 2009 start date for the FBI's IT improvements.

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DHS says CFO reports to Chertoff

DHS fixes its organizational chart so the CFO reports directly to the secretary.

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DOD business systems still under fire

Weaknesses in DOD's enterprise architecture work need to be addressed, a new GAO report states.

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Seattle switches to new planning, development system

The city's new system could serve as the blueprint for the way other departments in the government handle planning and project management.

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Young Government Leaders now at 300 members

Megan Quinn started the group in 2003 with eight other federal employees who were recent college graduates.

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Navy to navigate digitally by 2009

NGA and Northrop Grumman help to make navigation easier and more accurate.

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Share-in-savings not catching on at agencies

Several factors have contributed to the dearth of IT contracts using the share-in-savings procurement method, including that the Office of Management and Budget has not issued a final rule and guidance on how to use the method, according to GAO.

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Editorial: Setting priorities

It will be almost impossible to share information effectively without fully empowered CIOs, and that hasn't happened yet.

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Intercepts

AKO interpretation; ITES-2S fuss; The China IT syndrome; Meyerrose on the move; Changing the charter.

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Patent examiners battle stress

USPTO struggles with hiring, retention issues amid morale problems

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Navy gets a software deal

A new licensing agreement allows Microsoft to deepen its reach into the Navy and lets the service move ahead with an initiative to standardize software across 16 overseas installations.

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Rothwell: DHS needs more acquisition staff

The biggest challenge for chief acquisition officers governmentwide is either rebuilding or growing their workforce, DHS's chief acquisition officer said.

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Senate skeptical of GSA's reorg plan

The effort to reorganize the General Services Administration's acquisition services, pushed by House lawmakers and the Bush administration, is coming under fire from Senate appropriators.

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The best & worst places to work in federal IT

An FCW survey of IT wokers offers insights into what workers like ... and what they don't

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Chertoff: CIO, CFO did not get more power

A reorganization of the Homeland Security Department did not recommend more authority for the CIO and CFO.

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IRS seeks filing and payment compliance

Agency taps a modernization tool to find tax cheaters

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Administration unveils civil service plan

Draft legislation would do away with General Schedule pay system

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Groups protest contracting proposals

Battle under way over Senate amendments to help subcontractors on government contracts.

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Bureaucratus: A tribute

Last spring, the federal information technology community lost an important person, Federal Computer Week's Milton "Bureaucratus" Zall

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In this corner

Small firms ready for the bell in the fight for larger contracts