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Pushing for cybersecurity, e-gov
Sen. Susan Collins was born into a political family. Her mother and father each served at separate times as the mayor of Caribou, Maine. So it came as no surprise when her first job out of college in 1975 was working on the Washington staff of Maine Sen. William Cohen, an author of the Clinger-Cohen Act. After 12 years of working for the Republican lawmaker, Collins served as a cabinet secretary for Gov. John McKernan for five years and as head of the New England regional office of the Small Business Administration for a year.
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Tax filers jumping on the e-train
Electronic filing of tax returns is running 9 percent ahead of last year, with more than 33.5 million returns e-filed through Feb. 27, the IRS said today. <@SM>
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USDA supports conservation planning software
The Agriculture Department has partnered with Deere & Co., of Moline, Ill., to provide agriculture management software.
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Gimme Shelter
Personnel at 1,400 military recruiting centers sometimes live far from the nearest Army, Navy or Air Force base. “It lets our recruiters be a part of the community where they are working,” said John Curry, leased housing program manager for the Navy Recruiting Command. But living off-base can make housing difficult to find.
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Army winter conference begins
The annual gathering could highlight several Army IT and communications initiatives.
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More planned for Oregon wireless system
The public/private partnership building an eastern Oregon broadband wireless network may begin voice-over-IP service this summer.
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Air Force buys secure data units
Northrop Grumman will provide the aircraft devices for $73 million.
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Borland joins Telos board
The former deputy CIO of the Army will be a director for Telos, an info security firm.
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Army awards contract for IED jammer
EDO will get almost $7 million to build electronic countermeasure devices to jam signals used to detonate roadside bombs.
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Ideas, tech sought for Joint Forces
Companies can submit proposals for engineering, R&D and tech services for the Joint Experimentation Program and Joint Futures Lab.
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CIOs blame slow pace of e-gov on funding hurdles
Federal CIOs are frustrated with the pace of e-government and funding continues to be a thorny issue, a new survey by the Information Technology Association of America concludes.<br>
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EPA creates geographic info job
Brenda Smith is the environmental agency's first geographic information officer.
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Management agenda tops CIO survey
But getting money for e-government is a challenge for many CIOs, according to the Information Technology Association of America.
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Byrd asks GAO to check out chemical plant protection
Sen. Robert Byrd asked the General Accounting Office to see how much companies have spent on physical protection of critical infrastructures in recent years.
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SEC scrutinizes EDS Navy work
Federal securities regulators asked EDS to provide more information about its work on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.
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Turner wants hearings on watch lists
The ranking Democrat on the House Select Committee on Homeland Security expressed concerns about delays in merging terrorism watch lists.
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GAO: Military needs better controls for buying software
Congressional auditors found that DOD lacks standard criteria for buying software used in weapons systems development.
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E-gov officials eye grants, HR
A government task force meets to examine consolidation opportunities in grants management and human resources.
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Mapping overhaul needs industry
The government wants industry's help to change the way geospatial-intelligence is collected, the agency's CIO says.
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