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Agency watchdogs seek independence
Lawmakers propose improving agency oversight by giving IGs autonomy
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Public safety wireless experts talk the talk
Interoperability planning focused on removing management, cultural barriers
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Kerry plugs site
More people visited the Democratic candidate's site during his acceptance speech than usually do during an entire day.
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Senators call for more efforts in anti-terror tech
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for a new Manhattan Project that would spur innovation.
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Hill moves reflect e-gov’s lower profile
Recent congressional moves leave little doubt about who lawmakers want to control funding for e-government projects: themselves.
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OPM releases RFP for benefits system
Request for proposals covers a defined-benefits system that will give federal employees and retirees access to their government retirement account information.
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Two e-gov projects looking for vendor input
The Business Gateway initiative wants vendors to provide information on how they would develop and implement an online form processing system.
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Dot-gov domains to cost $125
Federal agencies and state and local governments renewing .gov domain names or wanting new ones should be prepared to pay $125 a year starting July 31.
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Does every vote count?
Electronic voting emerges as a major topic at this week’s Black Hat Briefings. One view: The American election system is broken.
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Geospatial comments sought
The Interior Department's U.S. Geological Survey is accepting public comments on Version 2 of the Geospatial One-Stop Portal.
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Cyber Eye: E-voting really needs standards
An estimated 32 percent of American voters will cast electronic ballots in November, but their confidence could be undermined by worries about the security and reliability of the tallies.
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US-VISIT boosts 2Q deals
Feds awarded more than $23 billion in IT prime contracts in the second quarter of 2004, Input officials say.
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Feds win Harvard awards
Two federal technology initiatives were among five programs that won awards from Harvard University.
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DHS unions blast HR system deal
A $175 million integration contract for a personnel system 'defies logic and sanity,' says the counsel for a union that represents thousands of DHS workers.
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Deepwater tracker launched
The Coast Guard is using a performance management system from SAS to track progress in the Deepwater modernization program.
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Arizona police buy face ID tech
The state's Department of Public Safety has signed a contract with ImageWare Systems that will allow officials to conduct facial recognition searches on driver license images.
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Feds give low grades to OMB scoring system
Color-coded bubble charts are not the best way to evaluate progress in achieving the President's Management Agenda, several federal information technology executives said today.
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