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Defense looks to AT&T unit for GIG-BE support work
The Defense Department has awarded AT&T Government Solutions a subcontract to provide engineering and installation work at key locations in the United States and abroad for DOD’s Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion project.
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No summer vacation for competitive sourcing
Lawmakers, unions and OMB prepare for more battles over jobs
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Welles: Deeper Throat
Even with protections, those who dare to speak out often endure pain and rejection.
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Army rebuilds network defenses after hacks
CIO responds with enterprise consolidation initiative
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IG to FBI: Make room for Scion
The FBI must provide more specialized space where teams can access top-secret information through a new online network, the Justice Department’s IG said.
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Mehan retiring from FAA CIO job
Daniel Mehan, the chief information officer at the Federal Aviation Administration, is retiring at the end of August.
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VeriSign receives DOD certification
VeriSign has been accredited by the Defense Department to expand its digital certificate services to federal, state and local governments.
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Roback joins Treasury
Ed Roback, head of the Computer Security Division at National Institute of Standards and Technology, will leave his post to join the Treasury Department June 26.
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Chertoff: DHS findings due within a month
DHS' secretary told Congress the 90-day review of the department's operations is complete.
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Oversight Board criticizes IRS tax center closure
An Internal Revenue Service decision to close 68 of its 400 walk-in tax assistance centers has come under additional criticism, this time by the IRS Oversight Board.
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IG: Homeland Security IT systems not disaster-ready
Fifteen of the 19 IT facilities reviewed at the department either had no recovery sites or their recovery sites were not fully operational, the IG found.
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Army to look at beefing up security along Global Information Grid
The Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations will unveil a document that looks at improving the way users manage and defend the Global Information Grid.
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Procurement honchos seek frontline input
OMB will restart a forum for meeting with contracting officers.
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Hospital shopper strikes a chord
Web site enables consumers to compare quality of care at facilities nationwide.
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WiMax moves (slowly) toward implementation
Many customers may be waiting for assurances of multivendor interoperability before investing in the new wireless equipment.
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Drug safety reporting system might be national health IT project
HHS secretary Mike Leavitt said a prescription drug adverse-event reporting system could be one of the first projects that a federal advisory group might take on as part of an initiative to build a national health information exchange.
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Bush seeks pay changes by 2010
OPM's director tells the House speaker that the White House wants a merit-based system for federal workers.
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