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TSA awards explosive contracts

Siemens, GE and L-3 will maintain explosive detection and explosive trace detection machines.

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E-filing surges

IRS commissioner says the majority of individual returns in 2005 will be filed electronically.

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Web satisfaction dips

Federal sites with declining satisfaction outnumbered those with rising scores.

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IRS board urges modernization increase

The IRS Oversight Board says the Internal Revenue Service's modernization effort needs more money.

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Agencies resist changes to Exhibit 300s

Officials rely on business case data.

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NASA details Ames cuts

Space agency officials hope to cut up to 25 percent of its workers involved with supercomputing and robotics at the research center.

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Industry group gets a new leader

Allen named executive director of ACT/IAC.

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Koenig: Moving toward a virtual office

Looking at the best way to conduct meetings from outside the office.

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Circuit

CIOs and politics. E-archives coming soon. Blogger gets credibility. Forget the wash. A-list résumés.

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DOD awards RFID contracts

Army taps six suppliers to deliver UHF tags.

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Feds balk at DHS personnel rules

Some argue that the changes, which emphasize performance, are not fair.

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Critics call for immigration, customs merger

Some observers say merging Immigration and Customs Enforcement with Customs and Border Protection would improve operations and efficiency.

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Retirements are hurting procurement workforce

Quality of workers is declining, making it harder to save tax dollars.

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Pentagon backs industry committee

DOD and the Association for Enterprise Integration agreed to endorse the GIG Enterprise Services Industry Advisory Committee.

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Battlefield communications

Joint Network Node gives soldiers voice, video and data in mobile unit.

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DHS alumni get jobs

Asa Hutchinson, Patrick Hughes, Jack Johnson and Stewart Verdery have found new jobs.

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Senate lays out its first IT strategy

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HR service centers on the move

Agency human resources systems came one step closer to obsolescence with the appointment of an 11-member board.

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FBI misses terror info

The FBI database is not always synchronized with state counterterrorist databases, a report says.

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New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan

The debate over specifications for federal and contractor employee identification cards did not end with the Commerce Department’s release of the Personal Identity Verification standard late last month. Locked in a small room somewhere are federal and industry experts discussing technical details for biometrics, card interfaces and encryption requirements.