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E-folders let State workers access HR files anywhere

New electronic personnel folders are helping the State Department meet the strictures of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act and Bush administration demands to integrate human resources systems.<@SM>

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JTRS soldier contract delayed

The Army won't award the contract to make wearable and handheld Joint Tactical Radios until after a meeting in late April.

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Audit finds FTS deficiencies

The National Capital Region of the Federal Technology Service failed to follow good contracting procedure in most of the contracts and task orders examined in a recent independent audit.

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GAO calls for formal Safecom deals

The Safecom program is still far from its objective of communications interoperability at all levels of government, General Accounting Office officials say.

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VA puts nationwide grave locator online

Feature will let Internet users search for the gravesite locations of veterans buried at the VA’s 120 cemeteries since the Civil War.<br>

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Records overseers push for architecture spot

Federal information and records managers want to have their say in federal enterprise architecture.

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NCI lands Army contracts

The company won two deals under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions program.

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Feds praise TTIC

The Terrorist Threat Integration Center has improved analysts' ability to stop terrorism, officials told the 9-11 Commission.

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Feds to use 'federated' ID checks

The federal government will rely on other organizations to verify user identities when they apply online for government loans or federal jobs.

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Input sees 12 percent growth for DHS tech in 2005

An analyst for the market research firm expects DHS to get $4.6 billion for IT in the next fiscal year.

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Homeland Security growth waning?

Agencies are close to equilibrium, says market research firm Input.

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DHS, DOD disagree on cybersecurity and secrecy

But they agree that money is scarce

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McDonald Bradley wins DOD deal

The company won a $20 million contract related to the Defense Intelligence Agency's Horizontal Fusion Portfolio Collateral Space Initiative.

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HHS gets CIO

Charles Havekost will become chief information officer for Health and Human Services.

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9-11 group faults IT obsolescence

Funding disputes held up technology upgrades for the FBI before Sept. 11, 2001, officials told the 9-11 Commission.

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Knowledge system helps fight bombs

Army commanders and soldiers used the new Battle Command Knowledge System to discuss and exchange information about roadside bombs in Iraq.

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Air Force merges spacelift systems

Lockheed Martin's Integrated Systems & Solutions division will update systems at the Air Force's spacelift ranges.

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IRS, Army win E-Gov awards

The honors were announced at the E-gov Institute's Knowledge Management Conference.

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Security clearances: The hottest ticket in town

A mini-industry is springing up for temp IT workers already cleared for sensitive work

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Air Force to streamline peripheral buys

Air Force information technology officials are devising a new strategy for how the service should buy and maintain peripherals.