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BAE, Northrop carry on with missile defense research

They will test prototypes of defenses against MANPADS.

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IRS goes outside for modernization boss

Richard Spires will take over the Business Systems Modernization effort in mid-September.

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OMB hires marketing firm for e-gov projects

The Office of Management and Budget last week awarded a contract to Edelman Public Relations of New York to develop marketing plans for three e-government projects.

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Group to study sourcing

The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are forming a working group to study strategic sourcing.

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Council urges DHS, Army partnership

The National Research Council says DOD and DHS should work together to develop tech for first responders.

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Input sees $33B for DHS

The market research firm analyzed the Senate's proposed fiscal 2005 budget for DHS.

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OMB finds e-gov exec

Timothy Young has been promoted to OMB's associate administrator of e-government and IT.

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VA hires chief architect

Scott Cragg will be responsible for the department's enterprise architecture, database management and records management program.

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Army portal specs due soon

Army officials plan to release a draft solicitation next week for Army Knowledge Online Enterprise Services.

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Michigan pushes permits online

Within the portal, companies can use a guided search to determine the permits that they need.

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Northrop lands $408M Army deal

The Army will get training and simulation services from Northrop Grumman IT.

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DOD drafts IA buying guidelines

Policy is designed to help secure Global Information Grid

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Senate CIO starts a new tradition

The Senate's CIO Greg Hanson introduces new technology to an old institution.

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Going for green

An OMB memo lists three more criteria used for evaluating agencies' e-gov performance.

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Project managers wired to matrix

OMB raising the bar for performance

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USDA, HUD race to document IT security

In a recent report card on agencies’ compliance with federal IT security requirements, the scores of the Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development departments stuck out like sore thumbs.

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FCC: Alert system so last century

FCC officials said they intend to correct deficiencies in the nation's emergency warning capability.

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End of the road for the paper trail

OPM embraces electronic records

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One is better than many

Western states find that IT consolidation pays dividends

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Biagini: Safety valve

Only 19 companies have applied for certification under the Safety Act.