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Report: DHS has 'significant deficiency' in info security
The department's inspector general cited a lack of CIO authority as a reason for DHS' struggles with information security.
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CDC site tracks flu vaccine
State officials can use the secure Web site to follow flu vaccine shipments.
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Grants.gov marks first anniversary
Grants.gov, the single Web site unifying federal grants, completed its first year as one of the more successful of 25 Quicksilver e-government projects.
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Building site opens
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched a portal to help operators of federal buildings comply with EPA standards.
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FDA sets up fee-based application process for veterinary medicines
The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled a Web system to more efficiently handle approval applications for new drugs for animals.
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Reporter's notebook: Leadership conference
The Sweetest Place on Earth rolled out the chocolate carpet for the Executive Leadership Conference.
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Study: Little firing risk from competitive sourcing
5 percent of full-time civilian employees lost their jobs because of competitive sourcing, two researchers found.
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Va. re-examines IT policy
The governance process that officials have been putting in place focuses on mission, strategy and value, and that requires sharing resources and services like never before, Virginia's CIO said.
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In space or on the battlefield, government personnel can take advantage of online voting aids
The government is offering digital help for military personnel and astronauts who will not be in their home precincts on Election Day.<@SM>
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E-records group proposes council
Comments are sought on a draft report from the Electronic Records Policy Working Group.
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Carroll wins ACT honor
The Army's program executive officer for enterprise info systems got an award for leadership.
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OMB may seek new ways to pay for lines-of-business projects
The Office of Management and Budget is considering use of an innovation fund to pay for its lines-of-business consolidation projects.
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Army connects logistics
The Army delivered 40 so-called very small-aperture terminals to the Third Infantry Division.
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CMS to underwrite some physicians’ IT investments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will help fund investments for some doctors to bolster adoption of health care IT.
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E-voting rollout is slow going
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 set aside nearly $4 billion to help states replace obsolete voting technology and modernize their voter registration systems, but problems in determining the best way to meet these goals have slowed the efforts greatly.
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Judge dismisses Fla. e-voting suit
Judge James Cohn ruled that the federal court cannot mandate the implementation of e-voting systems that have paper trails.
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Two views on competitive sourcing
A hot issue — public-private competitions for federal work — for federal contractors and for politicians on both sides of the aisle isn’t going to get less controversial. But its direction could change dramatically. <@SM>
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Cohen promotes info sharing
Terrorism and technology have merged, former Defense Secretary William Cohen said.
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