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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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New passport rules to kick in
Border officials will soon require foreign visitors to have machine-readable passports or nonimmigrant visas.
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CIO Council posts application info
A solutions exchange on the council's site has descriptions of IT tools and best practices.
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USDA readies Web-based loan system
The Agriculture Department has implemented its Farm Business Plan accounting system, which modernizes delivery of loan services to farmers and ranchers.
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Coviello: Feds must take security lead
The government must lead by example when it comes to online security and privacy, RSA Security Inc.’s Art Coviello told the Congressional Internet Caucus this month.
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Study: Automated hiring increases applications
A paper from the Merit Systems Protection Board made several suggestions for improving automated hiring systems.
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Privacy groups scrutinize anti-terror tech
Experts at a forum spoke about homeland security technology and civil liberties.
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DOT e-learning ready to go
Officials expect to start rolling out the Web portion of DOT's Learning Management System in two weeks.
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CACI sees 1Q growth
The government contractor reported a 73 percent increase in operating income from a year ago.
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EPA opens wallet to get more states on data exchange
The Environmental Protection Agency is offering between $75,000 and $300,000 for state and tribal governments to join the Central Data Exchange.<@SM>
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