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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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Hiring just gets tougher

Study: Feds face competition for talented people

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OPM steps toward e-human resources

E-gov initiative seeks to modernize agency personnel systems

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FBI picking up IT pieces

Mueller mulling Virtual Case File options.

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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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Circuit

American memory. On the home front. VA streamlining. High-tech president. New name.

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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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A publishing dilemma

Geospatial agency considers restricting access to its maps

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Lisagor: My crystal ball

Even with Get It Right, someone will still manage to get IT wrong

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Personnel rules to focus on results

In administration's proposal, seniority is out, performance is in

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IRS would cut modernization money

According to President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget request, the tax agency's modernization effort would get a decrease.

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Value add?

New questions arise about how accessible agencies should make government data