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Harris hired to build Iraqi media

The Defense Contracting Command will pay Harris up to $165 million for transmitters, broadcast equipment and IT services to update Iraq's mass media.

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Navy e-business pilots sail forth

The Navy's e-business office says the first round of its fiscal 2004 pilot projects will cover six programs with a total funding of $3.8 million.

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GSA audit confirms misuse of funds

More than $133 million earmarked for information technology was spent inappropriately, says the GSA inspector general.

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OMB says it again: Use Grants.gov

Officials say they really, really mean it.

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Air Force wants tactical info in GCSS

The Air Force plans to integrate command, control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems with the Global Combat Support System.

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Lee back as defense procurement chief

The announcement comes less than three months after she joined the Coalition Provisional Authority.

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Bush chooses DHS finance chief

Customs official Andrew Maner has been chosen as chief financial officer for the Homeland Security Department.

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Accela to create Minneapolis building portal

It will let people go online to apply for construction permits, schedule inspections, check project status and pay fees.

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E-filing’s popularity lets IRS shift resources to enforcement

The IRS is reorganizing some operations as a result of increased electronic filing by taxpayers and technology use by agency employees.<br>

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Defense books still don't comply

Continuing a trend that has been ongoing for years, an Inspector General says a credible audit of DOD financial statements can't be issued.

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NASA sites bear Mars load

Download times have doubled, but the space agency's site has stayed up despite getting the equivalent of a half-year of traffic in three days.

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DARPA plans network workshop

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will sponsor an industry workshop on defending mobile networks.

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Navy honcho: More tech, less people

The chief of naval operations says tech has improved and calls for a reduced workforce as a result.

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IRS unveils 1040 Central site

Officials say the new online service offers nearly everything that taxpayers must know for filing 2003 tax returns.

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Three firms to study MANPADS tech

BAE, Northrop Grumman and United Air Lines will look at possible technology to stop Man-Portable Air Defense Systems.

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Anteon wins $105 million pact

The company will provide systems engineering and professional services to intelligence agencies.

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IRS debuts new online help for 1040 filers

The IRS debuted 1040 Central yesterday, an online service to make finding tax information and forms easier for taxpayers.<@SM>

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E-Rulemaking team studies three technical directions

By month’s end, a final architecture for the E-Rulemaking project will be set.<@SM>

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Tomahawk control capability revealed

The Navy will begin fleet installation of the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control Systems this month.

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US-VISIT starts

The system for tracking foreign visitors is now officially operational.