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Air Force, industry discuss Ops Center work
Officials are meeting to discuss the highly anticipated Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System Integrator contract.
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Johnson pushes bureaucratic change
Congress should set a deadline for civil service reform, says the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Free app can help first responders identify chemicals
The National Library of Medicine has created software for handhelds that can help first responders identify substances found following a hazardous-material incident.
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IRS plans portal integration
The tax agency is seeking ideas on how to modernize its Web services, consolidating its online presence through an enterprise portal.<@SM>
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Army whittles ITES2 competition
Seventeen firms will vie for spots on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 Services contract.
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DHS pushes tech to responders
The Homeland Security Department hopes its tech transfer program will help small communities.
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IRS extends e-services to more tax preparers
Tax preparers that file five or more returns electronically a year can make use of the tax agency's e-services, services previously restricted to preparers that filed 100 or more returns.
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Philadelphia Free-for-all
Brotherly love isn’t the only thing heating up Philadelphia these days. Just ask the city’s CIO, Dianah Neff.
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Finger-pointing leads to Army IT portfolio plan
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker has ordered the service’s chief information officer, Lt. Gen. Steve Boutelle, to devise a servicewide governance strategy for information technology.
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Soloway: Advocate for competition
Thinker envisions a government transformed by competitive sourcing.
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Users less pleased with federal sites
Federal Web sites are meeting fewer of the public’s needs, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index.
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DHS, HUD take first swing at HR service providers
The Human Resources Line of Business is getting its first guinea pigs.
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No more JSTARS
The final Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft has rolled off the assembly line.
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Criminal probe looks at pilot radios
The Defense Department is conducting a criminal investigation of potentially defective parts in emergency radios used by downed pilots.
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GAO: Improve SEVIS metrics
DHS should formally monitor key information about system availability for the student-tracking system, GAO says.
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Oversight board: IRS ’06 budget will curtail IT efforts
The president’s fiscal 2006 budget for the IRS would shortchange business systems modernization just as the agency has notched some successes after several problem years, a new independent report says.
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