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Two IT firms make DOD top 10
SAIC and CSC were among the top 10 military contractors last year.
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GAO calls for better IT management
Agencies don't perform enough strategic planning, performance measurement and investment management, Congressional auditors say.
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Michael Daconta: The semantic Web
Need help sorting through Web services? What is the semantic Web? Internet expert and researcher Michael Daconta, author of a book by the same title, answered questions Feb. 12 in a live, online forum. <a href="http://gcn.com/forum/qna_forum/24897-2.html">Transcript</a>
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USDA brews a plan for electronic receipts for coffee trades
The Agriculture Department has OK’ed the use of electronic warehouse receipts for the handling of coffee trades. <@SM>
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HSARPA awards small biz grants
A total of 66 firms will get grants from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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Air Force brings Qwest back to Peterson
The five-year, $1.3 million contract is a win-back for Qwest, which had served the base earlier before ICG Communications took over.
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HUD to hold house auction online
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will sell up to 4,000 homes in a two-day Internet auction.
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Assessments: There ought to be a law, officials say
Agencies should be legally required to assess the results of programs, Bush administration officials say.
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Maryland to boost communication
State homeland security officials plan to increase communication between their offices and local governments to fix gaps in information, funding and understanding.
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Federal patch service to stop
A federal official suggested that agencies would have to find commercial alternatives to the government's patch management service.
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Bush seeks more R&D for defense, security
The total proposed R&D funding for 2005 is a 4.7 percent increase, with a majority of the gain going to DHS and the military.
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Security chief urges partnering
The government's record of fostering public-private partnerships IT security is 'unacceptable,' says the director of the National Cyber Security Division.
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Officials call for privacy czar
Privacy officials urged lawmakers to create a chief privacy officer position at the Office of Management and Budget to oversee federal privacy issues.
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Citizens do trust some agencies with personal information
Citizens trust the Postal Service, Veterans Affairs Department and IRS to secure their personal information, according to a new survey.<br>
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USPS aims for secure Web access
Postal officials say it will let them offer online account access and other services.
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Vendor briefing set for antiterrorist R&D
A federal program overseeing research for technologies to combat terrorism will prerelease two broad agency announcements.
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E-Gov fund request shrinks
Bush's fiscal 2005 budget request includes $5 million for the e-gov fund, down from the requested $45 million for fiscal 2004.
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Army chief pushes better IT use
The Army can better use information technology to deliver supplies and share data, Gen. Peter Schoomaker tells a Senate committee.
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GovBenefits will use FirstGov’s content management system
The Labor Department this summer will piggyback on the content management system of the General Services Administration’s FirstGov portal for the government’s GovBenefits site.<br><@SM>
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