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House plays hardball with DHS dollars

Bill would dock DHS $800 million.

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EVM to go farther

OMB is becoming more persistent in urging agencies to adopt earned value management oversight of major capital projects.

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Air Force officially opens IT office

Service officials dedicated the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer.

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Clinton tapes face destruction

Historians worry that the wording of the destruction notice is too vague, but NARA says all the data will be preserved, including notes and metadata.

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DHS to lose research exec

Penrose Albright, the assistant secretary for programs, plans and budgets in DHS' Science and Technology Directorate, submitted his letter of resignation.

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JTRS costs leap higher

The cost of developing software waveforms for the Joint Tactical Radio System has now topped $1 billion while total program costs have spiraled above $30 billion.

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GAO: Cut Postal excess

The U.S. Postal Service has no clear strategy for closing facilities or cutting jobs no longer needed, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Air Force chooses Hobbins for top CIO job

The man who said he hoped to lead the Air Force's new information technology organization got his wish.

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Getting back on track

DOD business modernization plan switches priorities in response to stinging criticism.

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Welles: Davis beats telework drum

GAO finds that progress has been made, but not enough to satisfy lawmakers.

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Editorial: Share and share alike

Oracle gave the SmartBuy program a significant boost.

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CACI names homeland security exec

Ronald Cournoyer, who had been CACI's head of business development for managed network services, is now the company's senior VP for homeland security.

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Supply guru gets TSA nomination

The Bush administration wants Edmund 'Kip' Hawley to lead TSA.

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DIMHRS does data calls

Northrop Grumman demonstrated that products from Oracle PeopleSoft could work for DIMHRS.

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Clift focuses on the 'e' in democracy

Democracy advocate promotes e-citizenship skills.

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Comings and goings

News about Richard Skinner, Jonathan Perlin, John Gilligan, Fred Thompson, Dennis Reimer and Patrick Henry.

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Pace of workforce change picks up

Modernization plans include trying to fix the hiring system, making it faster and creating rewards for performance rather than seniority.

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Fugitive documents elude preservationists

GPO, Library of Congress turn to Web harvesting.

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Circuit

Reading in progress. Duct tape. Check not in the mail. Good things in small packages.

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E-records R&D gets grants

Eleven university teams researching digital preservation have received $2.8 million in federal grants.