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Air Force awards JAGUAR contracts
DARPA hired five companies to do R&D for the Joint Air/Ground Operations: Unified, Adaptive Replanning program.
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Raytheon gets Air Force deal
The company will get $20.5 million to make improvements to the Air Force's Global Broadcast Services.
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Competitive sourcing measures go to conference
The Senate easily passed measures intended to restore some rights to federal workers under new competitive sourcing rules.
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Air Force seeks satellite blinder plans
Northrop Grumman received an additional $32.2 million for a contract to design a system to deny enemies the use of their spy satellites.
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EPA blasts e-rulemaking audit
An EPA official wonders why the GAO audited the Regulations.gov program just weeks after it was launched.
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Senate would keep e-gov funding at $5M
The Senate approved $5 million for the e-government fund, the same as it has received for the past three years.
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Army CIO picks deputy
The Army named Vernon Bettencourt Jr. deputy chief information officer starting Nov. 17.
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TSA's Loy to fill DHS post
James M. Loy tapped as deputy secretary, replacing Gordon England who recently returned to the Navy.
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OMB backs off plans for central authentication gateway
The administration is scrapping plans for its online E-Authentication gateway, which had been touted as a cornerstone of e-government.<br>
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DHS consultants draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats
In a letter to Tom Ridge, four Democratic senators demanded answers about what the outsourcing consultants are doing and how much they are paid.
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Online catalog will hold all federal forms
A key component of the Business Gateway project, the eForms Catalog, will compile all public federal forms into an online collection, according to officials working on the project. <br>
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Commerce's Bodman to head E-Gov committee
Samuel Bodman will become chair of the e-gov committee on the President's Management Council.
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GSA will link many pieces of e-procurement
By spring, the General Services Administration will begin to connect some of the pieces of the Integrated Acquisition Environment e-government project.<@SM>
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EPA questions GAO’s E-Rulemaking audit
Environmental Protection Agency officials are questioning the timing of a recent General Accounting Office report criticizing the rollout and progress of the E-Rulemaking project.<br>
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Central authentication gateway plan is history
The administration is scrapping plans for a centralized E-Authentication gateway, which has been touted as a cornerstone of e-government.
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Commerce’s Bodman to head PMC e-gov committee
Samuel W. Bodman, the deputy secretary of the Commerce Department, will be chairman of the E-Government Committee of the President’s Management Council.<br><@SM>
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DHS wants wireless tech for responders
The Homeland Security Department's Safecom program says it's looking for interoperable wireless communications ideas for public safety officers.
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E-authentication architecture due in December
It would replace the concept of a gateway to secure agencies' electronic transactions.
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