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GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT

Agency users wanting to test out applications before buying can do so online at the new Microsoft TestDrive Center.

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Desktop PCs cycle onward in government offices

Waiting for a new desktop PC?

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Grimes eyed for DOD job

Raytheon executive John Grimes has emerged as a candidate for nomination as the permanent assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence.

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Army general joins Battelle

Paul Kern will be a company vice president and senior adviser on homeland security and national defense.

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GAO: Federal agencies lack basic wireless security

More than two years after the NIST warned of security risks posed by wireless networks, many government agencies have done little to improve wireless security.

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Virginia Beach CIO to step down

The position has evolved to a job that requires more general management responsibilities.

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CSC beats NASA workers for shared services

The A-76 award for the NASA Shared Services Center went to CSC for $230 million.

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Unions riled by Pentagon

Unions representing 100,000 workers withdrew from talks on the National Security Personnel System even as another union requested delays on base closures.

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Labs help military make right tech choices

One lab allows the Navy to test commercial software, while four others provide rapid prototyping and collaboration for network-centric warfare projects.

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Policy office keeps shedding workers

Twenty-two workers at the Office of Governmentwide Policy have accepted buyouts. Forty-five have transferred to other GSA units. Twenty-five remain up in the air.

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Another approach to warfighting integration

Air Force office signals a new era of IT convergence and efficiency.

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Kelman: The e-gov pulse

The first message is Google rules, while only a handful had even heard of FirstGov.

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Hill renews calls for emergency preparedness

Rep. Tom Davis requested a third report on continuity of operations plans after GAO officials delivered worrisome findings.

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Andrues: Grading the teachers

The things they teach these days: A report from the trenches.

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TSA screeners need faster Internet access

GAO says the Transportation Security Administration must improve online training for airport screeners.

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Circuit

90210. Slow speed ahead. Big Brother is back. Online all the time.

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ManTech to buy homeland security high-tech company

ManTech International will acquire a high-tech company based in Alexandria, Va., that specializes in the homeland security and law-enforcement markets.

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EAC considers new voting system guidelines

The Election Assistance Commission is considering changes to voting system guidelines that could beef up security for the systems.

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PTO listens to appeals from cyberhearing room

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has launched an electronic capability for hearing patent and trademark appeals from remote locations.

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Comings and goings

News about Mark Forman, Penrose Albright and Ronald Cournoyer.