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NIH to make research publicly accessible
The agency is asking scientists to make their biomedical research results available through a searchable database within 12 months of publication.
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Law leads e-gov group
Steven Law, deputy secretary at the Labor Department, will head the E-Government Committee of the President's Management Council, the Office of Management Budget announced.
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PubMed: Release data voluntarily
The National Institutes of Health is trying to strike a balance with a new public access policy for the department's database.
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DOD changes Air Ops approach
Defense Department officials directed Air Force officials last month to revise the acquisition strategy for the service's eagerly anticipated Air and Space Operations Center lead systems integrator contract.
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IRS hires enterprise services exec
Linda Gilpin is the new Internal Revenue Service associate chief information officer for enterprise services.
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Bush wants 7 percent IT increase
President Bush's proposed budget for fiscal 2006 includes significant increases for DHS and the VA.
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FDA to upgrade reporting system for drug reactions
The Food and Drug Administration seeks industry information about how to build a more comprehensive version of its Adverse Event Reporting System. <@SM>
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DHS group wants harmonization, visualization tools
A request for information from a Homeland Security Department group could influence the future of all e-government projects.<@SM>
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Bush highlights IT health architecture, U.S. Visit
President Bush last night gave a nod to two federal IT initiatives in his fifth State of the Union address.<@SM>
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Mueller: No decision yet on VCF
The FBI director said he has been guilty of raising expectations about Virtual Case File.
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Audit faults VCF management
An inspector general blames Virtual Case File's stumbles on poor management and inadequate oversight.
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DHS to lose Verdery
Stewart Verdery, assistant secretary for border and transportation security policy and planning, is resigning his post effective March 4.
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Communications command starts
The Army's new Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command combines three organizations.
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Incumbent vendor wins Geospatial One-Stop revamp
ESRI will redesign the Geospatial One Stop portal that it created under a new five-year, $2.4 million contract. <@SM>
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Lockheed wins FAA sourcing deal
The $1.9 billion contract means Lockheed will take over the aviation agency's automated flight operations.
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Mercy reaches Sumatra
Navy officials plan to use the USNS Mercy and its advanced communications technology in creative ways to support tsunami relief operations, an admiral says.
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GSA gets acquisition exec from SBA
Emily Murphy has been named chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration.
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DHS privacy office eyes tech
The Homeland Security Department released its first annual privacy report to Congress, outlining work done in numerous areas, including technology.
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Super Bowl security uses E-Sponder
More than 50 agencies guarding the Super Bowl and surrounding events will share info via the Web-based system.
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