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Boeing gets JTRS notice
Defense Department officials have told Boeing that they may cancel the company's contract for the Joint Tactical Radio System Cluster One program.
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Exhibit 300s change little
OMB's IT administrator says the agency will not significantly alter requirements for business case submissions.
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Santorum: Keep NWS out of data distribution
Sen. Rick Santorum wants the National Weather Service to stop disseminating data that could be provided by commercial entities.
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Nortel anticipates fed business with PEC
Combining PEC with Nortel Networks will 'eliminate barriers to entry' that the Canadian company has faced, executives say.
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Agencies to form commodity councils
If agencies can drive a better deal by bringing purchases together, OMB will ask them to do it, the head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy says.
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Security guide
A sharp increase in cyberthreats may have raised Mary Stone Holland’s profile within the State Department in recent years, but it hasn’t changed her approach.
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OMB targets redundancy
The time for cutting redundant agency information technology systems is at hand, Karen Evans said.
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Neutrons seek bombs
A cargo screening facility in Texas gets the first field deployment of a pulsed fast neutron analysis system for finding explosives, chemicals, drugs and radioactive devices.
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NC develops skills
The governor’s office will devote money and personnel in developing the state’s Center for 21st Century Skills program.
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CMS offers an incentive for doctors to use health IT
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is dangling before some physicians a deal they might not want to refuse.
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Q&A with Maureen McCarthy
FCW interviews the director of the Office of Research and Development in the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Director.
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DHS scholarship program fosters new tech skills
Program encourages science and technology expertise.
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DHS looks at procurement risk
Officials plan to try a new approach to evaluating companies and their products before awarding a contract for a departmental intranet portal.
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