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Air Force forms new IT office
The Air Force created a new organization to develop a servicewide IT architecture and study ways to improve administration networks' management.
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Army aviation program honcho to retire
Maj. Gen. Joseph Bergantz, who oversaw development of the military's first unmanned aerial vehicle, will retire next July.
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Iraq request includes $2 billion for info tech
Proposals for communications systems and research, development, test and evaluation were in Bush's supplemental funding request for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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GAO wants better OPM metrics
The Office of Personnel Management says e-gov will save $2.7 billion, but congressional auditors couldn't determine how the agency came up with those numbers.
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Virginia honors state IT projects
At its annual IT symposium, the Commonwealth honors state, local and private-sector organizations for technology innovation.
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DHS bill skips air cargo screens
The Homeland Security spending bill produced by a House and Senate conference committee provides more overall money than Bush requested.
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PC Mall Gov wins Va. supplier contract
Virginia agencies will buy all their Microsoft products through PC Mall Gov for the next two years.
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US-VISIT questioned by GAO
The Homeland Security Department's plan to track the arrival and departure of every foreigner at the U.S. border has neither the money nor the manpower to make it work, the General Accounting Office said.
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OPM plans E-Learning procurement
The Office of Personnel Management will give agencies more choice when it comes to online learning. The agency by December will award new E-Learning contracts for the services on the <i>www.golearn.gov</i> site. <br>
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Putting a little SWAT in every cop
Center uses simulation technology for realistic tactical training
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Committee wraps up defense spending
The House and Senate conference committee gave the largest increase in fiscal 2004 defense spending to research and development.
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Lasers could reduce friendly fire incidents
Military tests Soldier Integrated Multi-function Laser System
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Deciding who owns the problem
Given the intent of service-level management as a hybrid discipline crossing business and information technology boundaries, where will the decision to purchase SLM tools come from?
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Forest Service purchase cards under fire
GAO study says cites lax oversight contributed to wasteful spending
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DHS names federal worm hunter
Department appoints security czar, creates central response center
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Preventing friendly fire
The Defense Department has been working for years on technologies that can distinguish friendly troops from noncombatants and enemy soldiers to prevent friendly fire incidents.
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Officials want better use of GPRA
Congress should strengthen oversight to ensure the use of program performance information in managing and funding programs, officials said last week.
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Feds' sites boost public service
Gauging whether federal agencies have improved their use of the Web to interact with citizens is not easy, but a user satisfaction survey says they are improving.
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