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EPA tech portal debuts

The Environmental Protection Agency now has Internet links to funding and assistance for technology development.

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US-VISIT tests exit technology

The exit portion of the newly-launched system for tracking foreign visitors is being tested in Baltimore and Miami.

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Missouri City buys ImageWare system

The Texas municipality will use the company's digital booking and investigation package.

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DISA awards GIG-BE contracts

DOD network will help warfighters and analysts post intelligence information quickly and easily around the world.

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E-voting vendor hit by hacker

VoteHere Inc. has had its security breached by a 'politically motivated' hacker, according to company officials.

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US-VISIT pilot rolls on

Officials are learning a lot, the director says.

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DARPA ignored privacy concerns

DARPA failed to recognize the privacy sensitivities raised by the Terrorism Information Awareness program, according to a report released earlier this month by DOD's Inspector General.

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Joint Forces offers new Web-based course

The Defense Department launched a new online course today that gives joint task force personnel a better understanding of joint operations and organizations.

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CIO vice chair dives into role

Daniel Matthews, vice chairman of the CIO Council, is focused on finishing e-government initiatives and looking at governmentwide architecture issues.

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Air Force awards another Cheyenne contract

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $287 million contract to continue updating computer systems inside Cheyenne Mountain.

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Defense personnel lines shift with IT

Technology is changing the face of the Defense Department, as the roles of service members have blurred between combat, combat support and administration.

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FDIC is looking for a few good data sanitizers

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is requesting information on commercial software that will sanitize data from existing sensitive databases or generate test data for application development and testing.

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SBA simplifies small-business registration, launches verification database

The Small Business Administration is giving small businesses a single point of registration and taking over the process of declaring whether a business qualifies for its programs.

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Senators call for Thomas site upgrade

Six senators are calling on the Library of Congress to upgrade what it calls the "bare-bones" and inadequate Thomas portal to legislative information.

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Senators urge THOMAS upgrade

The legislators want several features of Congress' Legislative Information System included on the public Web portal.

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Interior provides online flight celebration

An Interior Web site provides information about activities nationwide.

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DOD awards intelligence vendors

The Defense Intelligence Agency chose seven companies to provide IT products and services for itself and other organizations.

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Army plans spring deployment of ABCS

It's not the alphabet -- it's the Army Battle Command System, with a 'good enough' version coming in May, the service says.

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OPM’s Fitzgerald will leave government next month

The Office of Personnel Management’s E-Training project manager, Mike Fitzgerald, is heading to an industry job.

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Transit agency site to use RedDot

The Transportation Department's Federal Transit Administration will use RedDot Solutions software to control the agency's online content.