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DOD has incomplete strategy for some equipment, GAO officials say
Included in the report were the Stryker personnel carrier and Joint Direct Attack Munition.
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IRS adds forms to e-filing
The tax agency now has 10 forms related to small businesses and nonprofits available for electronic filing.
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IRS removes some corporate e-file hurdles
The IRS published rules today in the Federal Register to eliminate some regulatory barriers to online business tax filing.<br>
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Spartan Scout makes unmanned waves
The Navy yesterday announced the first successful test patrol of an remote-controlled, unmanned surface vessel.
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GAO finds sloppy accounting for military IT
Defense officials need better policies for transparent accounting of IT budget requests and expenditures, says General Accounting Office officials.
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OMB names two new e-gov portfolio managers
The Office of Management and Budget tapped Mike Turk and Shivani Desai to fill two of its three vacant e-government portfolio manager slots.<br>
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Turk to lead e-gov citizen portfolio
Michael Turk, formerly of the Energy Department, has been named OMB's manager of the government-to-citizen portfolio for e-government initiatives.
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CSC wins $88 million ship contract
The company will provide the Future Concepts and Surface Ship Design Group with support services.
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Collins praises, Lieberman blasts homeland security orders
Bush issued directives on critical infrastructure and first responder assistance.
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GAO urges better architecture leadership
On a scale of one to five, the average maturity stage of 93 agencies has improved only to 1.76 from 1.74 two years earlier, according to officials from the General Accounting Office.
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NIH's Lee to join consulting firm
Leamon Lee is leaving NIH to join the consulting firm of Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates
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Infrastructure deadline pushed back
A new presidential directive extends the time that agencies have to submit plans to protect infrastructure resources.
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Study finds $70 billion in possible outsourcing
But market research firm Input also reported that uncertainties make competitive outsourcing difficult to predict.
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Feds expect more competitive sourcing in 2004
Agencies are going to get serious about implementing competitive sourcing guidelines next year, a panel said.
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Army seeks $2.7 billion for FCS in 2005
That would be almost $1 billion more for Future Combat System than in the 2004 budget.
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Defense transformation site debuts
The site will concentrate on news in the transformation arena, including technologies used by service members abroad in the fight against terrorism.
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E-Gov starts next phase
OMB will focus on finding projects in lines of business that weren't originally identified as a part of the 24 e-government initiatives, e-gov boss Karen Evans says.
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GAO finds Iraq logistics problems
The General Accounting Office found five logistics problems.
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Agencies get a year to set authentication needs
Agencies have until Dec. 15, 2004, to classify the authentication needs of all their major systems, using the final guidance the Office of Management and Budget released yesterday.<br>
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