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9-11 bill signals sweeping security reforms

First responders say they need interoperable communications ? now

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Recreation.gov walks privacy line

Bush administration officials would like to push the bounds of e-government with Recreation.gov, but they don't want to push too far.

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Labor pushes its electronic agenda forward

The Labor Department has rolled out new e-government initiatives to bring services and information to the public quickly and easily as well as handle internal business efficiently.

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Cole steers Accenture's fed biz

The new boss of Accenture's global government operating group plans to maintain the direction set by his predecessor.

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Responders sound off

Nationwide interoperable communications need sustained funding and attention, first responders tell Congress.

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Reagan National tests explosive detector

The pilot program will test a scanner designed to find explosive residue on boarding passes or driver's licenses.

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OMB sets plan to review all 25 e-gov projects

By the end of the month, the Office of Management and Budget plans to hire a contractor to make sure all 25 e-government projects comply with federal laws and regulations.

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USDA’s buy for recreation site draws protest

Spherix Inc. has protested the Agriculture Department’s award of a contract to ReserveAmerica for the consolidated National Recreation Reservation System.

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HSARPA seeks cyberdefense R&D

The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency released a broad agency announcement for technologies to protect critical cyberinfrastructure.

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FBI tech plans overlap, GAO says

Only two of six divisions examined ensure that IT efforts don't duplicate others, auditors say.

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Drabkin to leave GSA

He will join the State Department's Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator.

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Navy CIO praises NMCI

The Navy Marine Corps Intranet can fend off outside dangers, the Navy CIO says.

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The E-Learning project has to repeat a grade

The Office of Personnel Management earlier this month re-released the E-Learning solicitation after vendor concerns over the fairness of the procurement forced the agency to pull it back last month.

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On-the-record discussions

A conference this month in Washington sponsored by the Federal Library and Information Center Committee took a close look at progress on e-government, including such aspects as categorizing information, and managing records and Web content.

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Army raises RFID spending cap

The Army's RFID contract with Savi Technology Inc. now has an upper limit of $207 million, more than double the original ceiling of $90 million.

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HP wins $20M logistics pact

Hewlett-Packard will manage the IT infrastructure for the Defense Logistics Agency.

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NetCents contracts awarded

Eight companies will be represented in the Air Force's $9 billion Network Centric Solutions program.

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Michigan gets double duty out of content management

After Michigan moved its unemployment services to centralized call centers, its new content management system took on the extra job of managing the case loads.

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Unisys wins DOD health system contract

The Defense Department will pay $31 million for implementation and training services for the Composite Health Care System II.

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Better border security needed, Turner says

The top Democrat on the House Select Homeland Security Committee says the southern border is porous.