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Defense, VA lack common data exchange

The two agencies remain far apart when it comes to sharing digital medical records, GAO says.

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E-gov progress is slight on new OMB scorecard

The Office of Management and Budget’s latest scorecard for the President’s Management Agenda, covering January through March, shows that only two agencies improved their e-government scores since the last ratings in December. The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development moved to yellow from red.

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GPO hunts fugitives

The Government Printing Office will send out a Web bot to find so-called fugitive documents.

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GSA’s E-Travel is ready to leave the station

The National Science Foundation has waited nearly three years for an electronic travel system, but patience seems to be paying off.<@SM><@SM>The agency will join seven others as the first adopters of the General Services Administration’s E-Travel initiative. By early summer, NSF plans to award a task order for a reservation and voucher system to one of three E-Travel contractors: Carlson Wagonlit Government Travel Inc. of San Antonio, EDS Corp. or the Mission Systems unit of Northrop Grumman Corp.

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New FedBizOpps contract coming

GSA issued a solicitation for a new vendor to take over the site for information about federal contracts.

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Air Force issues draft solicitation for info management

The service wants an integrated set of IT capabilities for collaboration, document and workflow management.

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GAO calls for more HR integration

Federal human resources departments must abolish stovepipes and silos, the General Accounting Office said.

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Air Force aims for better data management

There's a long way to go, the service CIO says.

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House considers improving federal carrot

A House subcommittee is trying to sweeten the pot to attract high-quality employees and build the federal workforce by increasing the perks for workers who take federal jobs.

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Army materiel chief to retire

Gen. Paul Kern plans to step down this fall.

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HUD lenders use Pay.gov

Mortgage lenders can log on to HUD's portal, download forms and make payments.

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SBA e-gov boss to leave

Ron Miller plans to take a private-sector job in July.

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Dems back DHS wireless office

The bill introduced by House Democrats would also create a grant program for first-responder interoperability.

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Bill increases room for protests

The proposed law would expand the right of federal employees to protest competitive sourcing decisions.

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GAO: Pentagon should speed up business modernization

A report issued by the General Accounting Office offers a scathing review of DOD's management modernization.

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Aviation chair airs frustration with DHS pilots

Rep. John Mica plans to introduce a bill to force Homeland Security officials to start implementing ID technology.

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New audit, same story

The General Accounting Office's annual audit of the U.S. government again found a few problem agencies.

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Postal Service needs more automation, GAO says

USPS could cut costs further with systems for supply chain management, a GAO states.

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When Irish eyes are sharing...

...they use a central hub instead of distributed architectures.

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Air Force to issue enterprise services plan

CIO John Gilligan says it will let the service more easily deliver timely information to airmen.