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Working to boost interoperability

Federal and local public safety officials are praising the Homeland Security Department's initiative to launch an umbrella office that will coordinate interoperability efforts for all types of equipment and related training.

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Passing the hat is no help to e-gov

Funding intergovernmental initiatives tests the existing budget process

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Award raises headquarters questions

Controversy surrounding the award of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program started before Homeland Security Department officials decided which company would win the contract.

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DOD reining in integration costs

Defense officials want the military to consult with a select group of firms before installing ERP applications.

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DISA beefing up info grid

Agency plans to buy more network equipment next month

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FCW Watch List: A check-in

In January, Federal Computer Week published the FCW Watch List, which included five programs that warranted special attention during the next 12 months.

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Military touts integration quintet

Accenture, BearingPoint, CSC, Deloitte and IBM won blanket purchase agreements for installing DOD's back-office software.

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Survey finds older IT employees

Federal IT employees are an aging group that may need a boost in certain skills, a new report says.

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NASA extends media archive deadline

But the space agency says there's been plenty of interest.

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DHS solicits state IT demos

DHS seeks proposals from states, territories and others for innovative information technology demonstration projects around the country.

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G-8 to use counterterror system

DHS has implemented its secure Internet-based counterterrorism communications system for this year's Group of Eight Summit in Georgia.

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CACI faces potential debarment

But a watchdog group says that the attention is politically driven because of the Iraq prison abuse scandal.

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Military IT faces cuts again

Congress again scolded the Defense Department about its management of business IT systems and policy.

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Treasury hires Hobbs for CIO

Ira Hobbs has been tapped as the Treasury Department's new chief information officer.

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EDS exec to retire

Albert Edmonds, a vice president at EDS, plans to retire this summer, company officials said.

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Education’s student aid office serves as e-gov model

Office used Web and e-government technologies to put information and applications online, and personalize the college search, admissions and aid processes.<@SM>

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GAO: Data mining popular with agencies

Almost half of all agencies, including the 24 largest, are using data mining techniques to detect criminals, improve services or uncover waste, fraud or abuse.

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UK finds new e-gov boss

The United Kingdom has a new head of e-government, just in time to make the official switch to the central government's new Web portal.

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ACT awards go to eight

The American Council for Technology honored intergovernmental programs, including a data dictionary and its associated data model.

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GSA promotes FirstGov

Marketing will play a bigger role in feds' efforts to provide services online.