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Bush backs bonuses
The president's budget includes $300 million to provide pay over and above an employee's salary for good work.
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DHS tech request rises 8 percent
President Bush wants to spend $4.43 billion on homeland security IT in fiscal 2005.
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Budget keys on national security
Except for programs related to homeland security and defense, the $2.4 trillion fiscal 2005 budget request increases spending less than 1 percent.
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PART still apart from law
The tool for assessing programs' effectiveness is still not effectively linked to the budget planning law, GAO says.
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School data goes online
The Education Department's new Web site offers access to comparative school data that previously was not readily available to the public.
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Homeland security to power IT growth
Homeland security demands will continue to fuel the tech market in 2004 and 2005, say Meta Group officials.
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House committee to study PART
Lawmakers plan to hold a series of hearings to examine the effectiveness of OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool.
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Innovation award semifinalists chosen
The 50 programs picked for the Innovations in American Government awards include several technology- or Internet-based federal projects.
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Management scores rise
OMB says agencies showed higher marks in overall technology management since last fall.
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Cyber Alert system catches on
The signup site for the National Cyber Security Alert System has captured public attention.
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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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