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Customs works on buying

The Customs and Border Protection agency 's Acquisition Improvement Initiative is supposed produce a business-driven, customer-focused acquisition environment.

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CALL criticizes Stryker

The Center for Army Lessons Learned says soldiers need better training to use the Stryker vehicle's digital systems, and calls for a faster chip for FBCB2.

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State bureaucracy slows grants

Hiring freezes and problems with IT upgrades also created delays in spending federal bioterrorism funds awarded to states and municipalities, GAO says.

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Marine commandant lays out tech needs

Fighting insurgents and terrorists has exposed problems with some Marine IT systems, says Gen. Michael Hagee.

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GSA releases RFI for new FirstGov search engine

The General Services Administration earlier this week released a request for information on ways to improve the much-criticized Web portal.

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State IT to grow, Input says

Input predicts that state and local governments will spend $70 billion annually on information technology in 2010.

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Center creates archiving model

The Library of Congress will distribute a toolkit to help state and territorial officials preserve digital information.

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Input expects $91.4B in IT

The market research firm sees $78.6 billion in contracted IT expenditures in 2010.

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PEC hires Emery

Another DHS technology executive gets an industry job.

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Cyber Eye: National ID standards could create “ID theft kit”

I wrote last month that the State Department was making a mistake by leaving personal data stored on electronic passports unprotected.

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Acquisition plan coming for DHS

Homeland Security Department officials say their new acquisition strategy should be ready soon.

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Young sees more IT consolidation

Federal agencies still spend too much on back office systems, e-gov official Tim Young said.

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Most of EU will miss biometric passport deadline

Only six European Union countries that currently enjoy visa-free travel to the United States are expected to meet an Oct. 26 deadline for initiating biometric passports.

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DOD takes charge of major Air Force acquisitions

It includes satellite projects valued at more than $50 billion.

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Military shares openly

The Cross Domain Collaborative Information Environment uses open standards that increase interoperability.

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Task force scours records for fugitives

LocatePlus assembles data from disparate sources.

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E-gov gets a Hawaiian punch

Aloha isn’t just a tradition in Hawaii—it’s the law.

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Burk outlines FEA goals

Four goals will dominate the Office of Management and Budget's architecture program office in the coming year, the chief architect says.

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E-records research in jeopardy

Archivists campaign to keep money flowing to NARA's grant program.

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IG: TSA let down privacy guard

Policies were not enforced during the 2004 transfer of passenger data.