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Web appointments for immigrants to go nationwide
USCIS hopes to have its Internet-based appointment system available across the country by September.
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Stone confirmed as TSA boss
Rear Adm. David Stone has been confirmed as the new administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
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9/11 report urges info sharing, biometrics
The long-awaited report calls for better information sharing and adoption of biometric technologies.
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Application Accepted
Of the 13 million loan and grant applications it received this year, the Education Department’s Federal Student Aid Office got 82 percent of them—nearly 10.7 million—online.
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Army to speed up some FCS
The Army announced today it will deploy some Future Combat System technologies faster than originally planned.
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HHS plans for e-records
Department officials have 12 strategies for an interoperable health network.
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E-gov redefines the workforce
When Norm Enger agreed nearly two years ago to manage the Office of Personnel Management’s five Quicksilver e-government projects, he wasn’t sure how much success each initiative would find.
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Experts: Cybersecurity needs education, standards, partnerships
There's a dire need for functional cybersecurity, experts tell the House Science Committee.
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Army delays full FCS to 2014
That's four years past the previous target for a brigade fully equipped with the Future Combat System.
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Protest puts off IRS competitive sourcing deal
Union officials say the contract was for supporting mainframe operations at 10 campuses where the IRS has large data centers.
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Lee preaches Get It Right gospel
The Defense Department plays a major role in GSA's campaign to prevent contracting abuses, Deirdre Lee says.
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In search of the e-voting paper trail
Electronic voting machines have worked just fine for hundreds of elections in California, Georgia, and Maryland, the House Administration committee heard this month, but that is no guarantee of future performance.
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Xacta wins access card deal
The $100 million contract calls for the company to support DOD's common access cards.
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Safecom to assess public safety wireless communications
DHS expects to release a solicitation for a contractor to help a nationwide evaluation of public safety wireless communications.
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ComCARE aims to develop emergency directory
The consortium issued a request for proposals to develop a national electronic directory of emergency response agency contacts.
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Securing e-voting will be a long-term effort
A House panel today struggled with how to set standards for acceptable error rates in voting technology.
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Agencies find greener pastures
Agencies showed significant progress on the President's Management Agenda, particularly in workforce management and budget and performance integration.
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CAPPS II is not dead yet, but changes are likely
The agency offered an array of conflicting reports on the fate of the program.
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