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Govs demand bioterrorism money
The National Governors Association opposes an HHS proposal to reduce bioterrorism preparedness funding.
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Byrd pushes for more procurement people
The West Virginia senator proposed that DOD increase its number of procurement officials by 5 percent in 2005.
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Federal architecture has come a long way, baby
But most agencies still are at only a basic level, officials say.
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Fed telework grows
But not fast enough, according to a report from the Office of Personnel Management.
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Senate bill restricts military use of FTS centers
It would require a clean bill of health from the DOD inspector general before an FTS support center can handle a major Defense purchase.
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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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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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HUD lenders use Pay.gov
Mortgage lenders can log on to HUD's portal, download forms and make payments.
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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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