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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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Natural environment

Working for the government is a family tradition for Linda Travers.

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DISA plans contracting fee cut

It will be the first such decrease in 13 years.

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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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FBI picks deputy CIO

Robert Garrity Jr. will oversee the FBI’s daily IT operations.

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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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Circuit

E-mail is not with us. What passport? Women vets on a roll. Not your father's golf game. KM awards.

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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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Fight over driver’s license standards

Sensenbrenner pushes his controversial bill

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Shopping for data

Lawmakers have tough questions for largely unregulated data firms.

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Radios aid relief workers

A satellite radio system developed to aid relief workers could serve as the basis for a global tsunami warning system.