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Bates to work with Topside
But the former FTS commissioner has made it clear that retirement is her priority.
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What’s new in Exchange 2003
Microsoft will cease support of its Exchange 5.5 messaging server software this year, making it all but inevitable that agencies will need to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest—Exchange 2003.
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William “Bill” McDermott | Competitors can also be partners
Last December, when Oracle Corp. bought PeopleSoft, SAP AG of Walldorf, Germany, wasted no time in setting out to court PeopleSoft customers.
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DOD IG resists congressional pressure on acquisition audits
The Defense Department’s inspector general’s office will not say when it plans to resume a pair of audits evaluating the department’s acquisition processes and commercial criteria justifications that were recently suspended due to a lack of resources.
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Internaut: Defense shows how an enterprise architecture can really work
With all the talk lately about government enterprise architectures, it’s interesting to see what the Defense Logistics Agency is doing to get all of its procurement, supply chain and logistics managers on the same page.
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CIO Council to clear up support
The CIO Council may clarify which organizations can claim its support, Karen Evans said.
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Librarians air frustrations
Plans for the GPO's future digital system were an issue at the Depository Library Council meeting.
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Air Force inks enterprise IT plan
The new Air Force Enterprise IT Services Strategy will improve airmen's abilities to collaborate in planning and decision-making, officials say.
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Education expands aid modernization
Education Department officials are now sifting through 4,731 ideas about how to redesign their front-end student financial aid systems.
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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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