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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.

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Anteon gets $56 million Navy deal

The company will provide systems engineering and technical services for combat support and auxiliary systems.

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EPA, NSF garner management honors

The National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency received the Presidential Award for Management Excellence.

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Think tank rolls out e-gov tool

SUNY-Albany's Center for Technology in Government introduced an interactive guide to improve agencies' electronic presentation of information.

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IRS drops 'acting' from Powell's CFO title

Eileen Powell has been formally appointed the tax agency's chief financial officer.

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NSF wins honors for e-government progress

The National Science Foundation has earned the highest possible praise for management of its e-government projects.<br>

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GSA gives agencies a year to begin moving to E-Travel

Civilian agencies must choose one of three online travel systems and begin migrating to it by Dec. 31 of next year.<br>

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Small-business databases to combine

The Small Business Administration and Defense Department plan a single portal for small business information.

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Work starts on hypersonic weapons vehicle

DARPA and Air Force officials announced that nine contractors are working on the first phase of the project.

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Graham rolls out electronic voting bill

The senator from Florida wants touch screen voting machines to produce paper records.

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GSA requires e-travel

General Services Administration have issued a final rule requiring agencies to use the federal E-Travel Service.