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NASA adds to list of IES users

Two NASA space centers will train security personnel on use-of-force training simulators.

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Tools and techniques for the risk manager

A number of software tools and management frameworks are available to give government risk management initiatives some teeth.

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Managing from the get-go

US-VISIT team works even before launch

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Giving Grants.gov a dot-com touch

HHS' Havekost leads grants portal initiative

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Get with the program

The title of government program manager ? sometimes it's hard to believe anyone would even want it. It certainly can't be for the pay.

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Atlanta airport to pilot US-VISIT tech

Foreign travelers to Atlanta this week will be the first to test the new entry/exit system for tracking visitors.

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Do your project managers measure

Agencies, tired of wishful thinking, may require management staff to be certified

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Agencies eye Web privacy

E-Gov Section 208 carries December deadline

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DOD: Building a baseline of competency

Agencies seeking qualified project managers and weighing the benefits of certification may want to take a page from the Defense Department's playbook.

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Controlling expectations

In 2001, I met with 25 industry project managers to share lessons learned and techniques to set, monitor, manage and reset client expectations and increase the probability of successful project implementation.

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For DOD logistics, tags are it!

Radio frequency identification tags policy seeks to improve supplies

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The art of gauging risk

Agencies adopt new techniques that keep risk in check and programs on track

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DOD Webmasters learn new lessons

Several Defense Department Web sites dedicated to collecting and publishing lessons learned from operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom were scrubbed late last month.

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DHS doles out $2.2 billion in grants

The dollars come from three programs for first responders, law enforcement and public education programs related to crime and terrorism.

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OMB keeps risk on the radar

Program managers now face increased pressure from the Bush administration to identify and reduce risks associated with large information technology purchases.

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Funding bill restores sourcing teeth

The Treasury spending bill would have softened many competitive sourcing provisions, but that's been rolled into a larger bill that would bring some of them back.

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DHS schedules session for enterprise software vendors

The Homeland Security Department plans to hold an industry day to explain its goals for back office systems.

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Republican trio signs on to voter verification bill

Reps. Thomas Davis, Christopher Shays and Charles Bass joined 71 others in co-sponsoring a bill to require paper trails for all voting machines.

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Services still considering JTRS merger

Acquisition officials for the Navy and Air Force decided to talk further about possibly combining their services' parts of the Joint Tactical Radio System.

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Army aviator picked to lead Futures Center

Maj. Gen. John Curran has been nominated to head the group overseeing acquisition and fielding of the multi-billion Future Combat System.