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Subcommittee chair presses DHS on state, local protection standards
The agency must have standards for state and local preparation levels or say goodbye to fiscal 2005 funding for grants, says the head of a House subcommittee.
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Army seeks quotes for financial system
The service plans to issue a request for quotations to choose and install off-the-shelf financial management software.
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Army follows cadets into ITES
The U.S. Military Academy will be the first Army installation to use the service's new performance-based procurement program.
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Evans, London receive FCW Eagle Awards
OMB's Evans and CACI's London were given the coveted awards at the Fed 100 banquet
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IBM to provide RFID support
DOD hired IBM Business Consulting Services to help develop and support policies for radio frequency identification devices.
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O'Neill named Northrop IT president
James O'Neill has been running one of the IT sector's business units, focused on the intelligence, space and enterprise security markets.
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Survey says: Privacy needs outreach
A survey from the Industry Advisory Councils finds that training and communication are cornerstones of successful privacy programs.
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Deal for Air Force base to use Army's ITES
Transcom and Air Force Air Mobility Command will use NCI Information Systems for software maintenance support under the ITES Functional Area 2 contract.
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Blue Force wins award
The Army's Blue Force Tracking last night took top computer honors for 2003 at the Federal 100 awards dinner.
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Norton raises CAPPS II liability fears
At a House subcommittee hearing, the Washington, D.C., delegate wonders who is liable if a CAPPS II screening keeps someone from a business meeting.
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NMCI limits e-mail attachments
The Navy Marine Corps Intranet will limit attachments to 10M in size, starting April 1.
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IRS sees IT modernization helping enforcement
“Most would agree that improvement of IRS taxpayer services was achieved in large part at the expense of needed enforcement activities,” but that's about to change, IRS commissioner Mark Everson says.
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Four vie for first ITES order
The Army is considering one of four projects as the first task order of the $1 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions contract.
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Roland wins $8.5M simulation deal
The company will provide software system design and maintenance for the simulation system at the Joint Warfighting Center.
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Putnam questions OMB oversight
Questioning how strict OMB has been about dismal security grades, Rep. Adam Putnam wants to know how much has been withheld from agencies' budgets for new systems.
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Davis questions border cards
The congressman has concerns about DHS' plans to use border-crossing cards for some Mexican citizens in place of the visitor tracking system.
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Nothing easy about security
The maze of requirements imposed by the Federal Information Security Management Act has created confusion about interpretation.
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Interior protests court ruling
The Interior Department criticized a court order to shut down its IT systems in the latest round of the ongoing battle over Native American asset management.
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PEO-EIS eyes goals for 2004
The Army's Program Executive Office-Enterprise Information Systems will work with vendors to ensure IT programs succeed.
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