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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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Chinese military targeting DOD tech
A new DOD report states that China seeks “electromagnetic dominance” early in wars.
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OPM contract expands number of e-learning vendors
Federal agencies will have more than 59 vendors in six specialized areas to choose from for their online learning services under a new contract awarded by the Office of Personnel Management.
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White House issues civil service reform proposal
The Bush administration proposal would phase out the General Schedule system replacing it with occupation-based pay bands.
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Wooten named to head VA program management office
A retired Naval officer tapped to lead VA's new project management office.
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VA names Wooten to head enterprise program management office
The Veterans Affairs Department today named David Wooten, a retired Navy aviator and senior program manager, to direct its new enterprise program management office.
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Law enforcement needs resources to fight electronic crime
Officials are stumped by high-tech crimes and need to determine how widespread they are and find better ways to fight them.
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GAO: Critical infrastructure needs more cybersecurity protections
DHS has still not finished work first called for in Bush's 2002 cyberspace security strategy, watchdog agency says.
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HP to deliver supercomputer to DOD
The 1,024-node Cluster Platform 4000 will be used to design weapon systems.
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On the circuit
EDS' Jim Duffy returns home; Jeong Kim keeps busy as president of Lucent's Bell labs.
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Hobbins: White board manager
Air Force Lt. Gen. William "Tom" Hobbins has managed business, warfighting IT convergence.
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EPA to set jobs up for competition
The Environmental Protection Agency is coming closer to deciding which functions might be ripe for inclusion in the agency's push to competitively source an average of 200 jobs a year through 2008.
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Pay won't fix everything
NIST finds pay-for-performance system helps hire and retain good employees, but does not motivate poor performers.
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Reece: How to fix the tax code
A simple way to make paying taxes easier that has no chance of being adopted.
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