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Michigan cops buy E Team software

The collaboration software will be the basis for the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division's geospatial and emergency management systems.

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GAO: Homeland Security reviews IT slowly

The Homeland Security Department has problems reviewing major IT projects in a timely manner, according to a General Accounting Office report.

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DOD seeks $28.7B for IT

As promised, the Defense Department's fiscal 2005 budget splits the military's information technology budget into business and warfighting categories.

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Democrats push for more homeland security, first responder funds

A new research report says DHS already issued $6.9 billion in grants for those areas for fiscal 2004.

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DARPA aims for machine cognition

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop computers that can think and learn from past experience.

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States slow DHS grant disbursement

An inspector general's report concludes that delays in getting money to local agencies are largely at the state level.

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Military deploys IT task force

The Standing Joint Task Force Headquarters consists of 58 people specializing in operations, planning and information management.

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Army extends Northrop deal

Northrop Grumman won a $101 million follow-on contract to support the Army's Personnel Electronic Records Management program.

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U.K. rethinks portal

The U.K. Office of the e-Envoy said it developed the Directgov portal for citizens who want a more intuitive way to find government services.

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Social Security, IRS numbers fuel identification theft

The lack of reliable information systems for authenticating personal identities is a large part of the problem, experts told Congress.

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Agencies cut paper

More than half of all federal transactions were happening online by the end of 2003.

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E-Gov Act implementation picking up steam

The Office of Management and Budget by the end of the month is requiring agencies to reference www.regulations.gov on all Federal Register notices and on each agency’s Internet home page.<br>

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GAO calls for changes to GPRA law

The GAO yesterday called for lawmakers to amend the Government Performance and Results Act to require that agencies make better use of performance measures.<br>

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Tax filers continue to migrate online

Filing from home computers up 23 percent from the same time last year.

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Military counts on tech to pierce fog of war

DARPA program managers outlined the need for more networked sensors.

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Study lauds six for e-reports

An IBM center found that six agencies do a good job of providing performance information online.

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DHS plans for info sharing

Homeland Security officials are developing a course to educate local officials on information sharing practices and mechanisms.

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GAO sees room for GPRA improvement

The Bush administration should do a better job of showing agencies how to meet standards of the Government Performance and Results Act, GAO officials say.

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DHS analysis chief wants better information sharing

Getting data from other agencies is too much of a struggle, Gen. Patrick Hughes told a House subcommittee.

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Two agencies meet e-gov standards

And 24 don't, according to the Office of Management and Budget's first e-government report.