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Congress puts out welcome mat for state CIOs

State IT execs visit Washington seeking improved communication

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European Commission wants visa comments

European officials are soliciting public comment on the Visa Information System.

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Lawmakers balk at US-VISIT award

Provision would block Accenture bid, citing company's offshore parent

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Customs tests money tracker

Officials will spend three months putting the Automated Commercial Environment through its paces.

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Planning for personnel changes

Chief human capital officers hope to eliminate hiring obstacles

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Harvard suggests improvements for Regulations.gov

Technologies can greatly enhance the project, says a Harvard University center.

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Turner proposes database checks for visa-waiver visitors

The Democratic congressman says nonvisa travelers should be checked against terrorist databases before coming the United States.

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FBI's CIO is on the job all the time

Zalmai Azmi is shaping an old system into a seamless new one.

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Army hits some bumps in the road

Funds for enterprise software licensing agreement get siphoned off

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Lisagor: Surviving reviews

Some people probably would rather watch paint dry rather than read about preparing Exhibit 300s for the Office of Management and Budget.

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ManTech wins Navy deal

The contract is potentially worth $49.8 million for the Naval Air Warfare Center.

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Tax agency cutting jobs

Many positions no longer needed, officials say, but unions plan to fight

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Left in the dark

Many CIOs, denied the clout required by Clinger-Cohen, find themselves cut out of the decision-making process

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USDA to transfer service center workers to central IT

Agency will shift former field office employees to USDA's central IT group.

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House panel seeks homeland spending boost

House Appropriations Committee proposes $2.8 billion more than fiscal 2004

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Ohio votes yes on e-voting

Ohio approves voting machines with paper trail

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Appropriations Committee approves move to cancel US-VISIT award

The measure to prohibit federal contracts with Bermuda-based corporations now goes to the House Rules Committee.

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Feinstein opposes passport delay

The Democratic senator said visa-waiver countries shouldn't get extensions on biometric passports.

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Northrop wins Treasury travel deal

Task order is for $60 million over 10 years.

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IT funding suffers for Army transformation

The service may take $600 million originally meant for infrastructure modernization and use it for unit transformation.