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Education exec faces tough tasks

As COO of the Education Department's Federal Student Aid office, Terri Shaw seeks clean audits and new systems.

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Travelin' shoes

Technologies for road, rail and port security get new attention

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From boomtown to business as usual

Agencies, vendors adjust to slower homeland security growth

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Helping everybody get along

New homeland security system will create the framework for emergency response

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Army orders more bomb jammers

EDO will get $7.9 million to build more devices designed to jam signals for roadside bombs.

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US-VISIT sticks with Cogent

The company won a $20 million contract to continue as a subcontractor on the visitor tracking system.

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DHS grant time extended

State and local governments will have almost four months instead of five days to use money from DHS' fiscal 2005 grants.

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County officials urge ongoing intergovernmental cooperation

Cooperation across all levels of government is necessary for homeland security, officials said.

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Thompson: 'Drive technology'

Tommy Thompson resigned as secretary of Health and Human Services and cited an emphasis on health IT as a hallmark of his tenure.

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Tracking architectural benefits

GAO officials are looking at ways agencies can measure the effects of enterprise architecture.

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House ponders crisis system

Officials want information on systems that would account for personnel during evacuations and crisis situations.

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Ronen to depart ACT/IAC

Search is on to find new executive director, as Ronen departs after one-and-a-half-year tenure.

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Navy seeks wireless input

The Navy CIO is developing identity management guidelines for wireless networks.

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Tenet touts info sharing

Data sharing is the "most critical" part of intelligence reform, the former CIA director says.

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US-VISIT to hit all land ports

If all goes as planned, the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program will encompass every land border crossing by the end of next year.

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Gorelick calls for more intell architecture work

Former 9-11 commissioner Jamie Gorelick wants to see more progress on an info architecture for intelligence.

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TSA aims to put airlines on Secure Flight

The passenger screening system will bring all domestic air carriers on board by early 2005, a DHS official said.

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GSA picks acting chief of staff

Edwin Fielder Jr. has been chosen as acting chief of staff and interim chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration.

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Passport privacy questioned

ACLU officials say that State Department documents show that e-passports would broadcast personal information to anyone within 30 feet who has an RFID reader.

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Northrop wins first NetCents bid

The deal to support Cisco hardware is the first competitive award under the Air Force's NetCents program.