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Bush to seek $274M for biosurveillance

The integrated initiative would develop a national data collection and analysis system for identifying bioterrorism and disease outbreaks.

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Fla. police radio in the home stretch

Florida's Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System is entering its final phase to provide a single communications network for 13 agencies.

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Congress questions US-VISIT

Lawmakers wondered about the effectiveness of a visitor tracking system with scattered watch lists and no system yet for recording exits.

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Harvey urged to stay in touch

Lawmakers urged the man slated to lead the military's IT programs to keep a close relationship with Congress.

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Harvard honors government’s best and brightest

Ten federal programs were among the 50 best and brightest government projects named today as semifinalists for Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government awards for innovation.<br><@SM>

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More time needed to test software

Agencies are having a hard time meeting some of OMB's deadlines for migrating to e-government projects.<br>

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OPM gets to green on e-gov rating

The Office of Personnel Management has done what only one other agency has accomplished: reached e-government nirvana.

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OMB eyes architecture practices

Officials are examining how well agencies use the federal enterprise architecture to guide IT investments.

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Viisage to develop face recognition for visas

The State Department hired Viisage to provide identity solutions for up to 15 million applicants received each year for the Diversity Visa Program.

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House tries to keep NASA brains

The NASA Flexibility Act of 2003 is designed to stem an expected exodus of talent from the space agency.

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Ohio creates CIO post

Greg Jackson was named state Chief Information Officer to oversee Ohio's new Office of Information Technology.

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General Dynamics hires Baker

Roger Baker will be the company's vice president of federal civilian operations.

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FirstGov’s FAST engine gets faster

To speed responses to FirstGov site visitors, the General Services Administration will update the portal’s search engine software.<br>

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Tax industry says its involvement is key to IRS increasing e-filers

Tax professionals are essential to ensuring that more returns are filed electronically, the chairman of the Council for Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement said.<br>

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Arizona to consolidate e-purchasing

The state's fiscal 2005 budget calls for a statewide procurement system.

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Military health care makes use of tech

Telemedicine and the Joint Medical Surveillance System are transforming military medicine, officials say.

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Cities, states spend millions on wireless

Delaware, Detroit are among those planning to upgrade their wireless communications for emergency response and homeland security.

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First responder report due in spring

The federal government hopes to release a sweeping document on the priorities of first responders.

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OPM preparing online learning contract

The Office of Personnel Management by early March will release a request for proposals for online training services for its E-Learning e-government project.<br>

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Faster, better, cheaper

Four pilots will be funded under the military's RAI-NC umbrella.