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Study: Online CFO Act reports are a mixed bag
The Homeland Security Department was “a day late and a dollar short” in posting its annual mandated performance review on its Web site in December, according to a new study of performance-based accountability for 23 federal agencies by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
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Cybereye: Avoid the rush: Worry about 2006 elections now
The issue of voting technology has largely disappeared from the public agenda since the November elections.
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VA’s early reviews could keep HealtheVet out of sick bay
The Veterans Affairs Department doesn’t at the moment have an IT problem with the HealtheVet patient and clinical care system, grumbling in Congress notwithstanding.
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VA’s dose of WiFi
Medication and medical mistakes contribute to 98,000 patients deaths each year in the United States.
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OMB wants to know where the security money goes
The Office of Management and Budget is trying to get a clear idea of how agencies spend about $4.2 billion on IT security.
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OMB to resolve governance issues with grant initiatives
On the heels of a critical assessment of federal grants management, the Office of Management and Budget is trying to fix governance issues in the Grants Line of Business Consolidation project..
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Marines prefer own HR system
The Marine Corps will not migrate to the Defense Department’s Integrated Military Human Resources System until DOD can prove DIMHRS is superior to the Corps’ own personnel and pay system.
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Spawar PEO becomes JTRS PEO
DOD plans to name the Spawar C4I and Space PEO to serve as the new JTRS PEO, giving the Navy a key oversight role in development of the troubled $25B program.
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Evans resists GAO on watch lists
There's a better way to oversee troubled IT projects than aggregating a list of the ones with low scores for business cases, Karen Evans says.
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Automated system at HHS recycles data for many uses
The Health and Human Services Department has created a growing repository of data it can, at the push of a button, use and reuse for a variety of reports.
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Military names cyberwarriors
An Air Force major general and a Navy rear admiral will lead the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations.
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SRA buys Touchstone
Touchstone would bring a strong base of federal customers with its management consulting business.
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iGov gets Air Force business
Air Force officials spent more than $3 million to buy 2,400 IBM ThinkPad notebook computers from iGov during the second quarter of fiscal 2005.
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DIMHRS goes to development
The Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System passed the critical design review last year.
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Air Force made SAIC exception
An unsigned Air Force memo urging officials to ask Science Applications International Corp. for more pricing details than usual pertains only to SAIC.
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DHS should boost CIO, experts say
DHS should have its CIO report directly to the secretary and deputy secretary, officials tell Congress.
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