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Task force to focus on common security
DHS, OMB officials will lead an intra-agency task force on developing common cybersecurity solutions.
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Former DHS official joins Apogen
Thomas Ragland, the former director of operations at the Homeland Security department, has joined Apogen Technologies.
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Education enrolls help for student aid programs
The department has tapped Pearson Government Solutions to support student financial-aid programs under a 10-year contract worth up to $800 million.
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HHS budget focuses on bioterror, e-health efforts
Health and Human Services would receive $5.3 billion for IT next year, nearly 2 percent more than it expects to spend this year.
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Matthews: IT makes driving safer
Information technology helps the Transportation Department improve vehicle safety, the agency's chief information officer said.
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DHS plan highlights high-risk areas
State and local areas at greater risk for a terrorist attack could get more funding in President Bush's fiscal 2006 spending plan.
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Budget calls for Student Aid upgrade
Otherwise, the Education Department's IT budget request is flat.
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FinCEN to deploy data-sharing system
The Treasury agency will launch a system March 1 so law enforcement and financial institutions can share information about people suspected of financing terrorist activities.<@SM>
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OPM steps toward e-human resources
E-gov initiative seeks to modernize agency personnel systems
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Comings and goings
News about Michael Jackson, Asa Hutchinson, Barbara Shelton, Alan Balutis, Edward Murray, Ret. Adm. James Gauss and Lisa Schlosser.
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Tech saturates DHS budget
President Bush's proposed fiscal 2006 budget for the Homeland Security Department underlines a heavy reliance on information technology.
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Budget proposal would merge FSS, FTS
The administration's 2006 budget request would merge the two GSA units that deal with information technology supply into one organization.
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Personnel rules to focus on results
In administration's proposal, seniority is out, performance is in
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