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Feds learn hands-on leadership lessons
A fellows program is helping e-government managers learn how to become e-government leaders.<@SM>
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DHS to spend $100M on air defense
Homeland Security officials seek protection for commercial jets against surface-to-air missiles.
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New center to consolidate terror lists
The Terrorist Screening Center is meant to ensure agents can receive the same information and access it quickly when a suspected terrorist is stopped or screened.
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Cybersecurity forum planned
DHS will have a summit in the fall to figure out how to execute the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace..
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E-gov needs more dialogue, official says
OMB should make sure agencies communicate on e-gov initiatives, a defense official said.
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OMB hires two new e-gov portfolio managers
The Office of Management and Budget has filled two of three vacant e-government project portfolio manager jobs.<@SM>
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Agencies submit privacy plans
For the first time, agencies in their fiscal 2005 budget proposals have included privacy assessments of major systems with their business case submissions.
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Defense accounting criticized
Better oversight is needed for closed appropriations, a DOD inspector general says.
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Air Force awards BMC2 study contracts
Three defense giants each will get $4 million to design command and control for E-10A aircraft.
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Army to get CACI systems
CACI will be paid $155 million for Intelligence and Security Command systems.
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Library of Congress preps financial system
Systems integrator AMS will get $34 million to provide it.
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GAO: Defense policy crimps space benefits
Congressional auditors believe the military should not invest in satellite systems until the technology is already developed.
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Mackay resigns from VA
Leo S. Mackay goes from being deputy secretary of the VA to an executive with ACS Inc.
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State delays high-tech passport requirement
Faced with a massive logistics problem, the State Department may postpone the deadline for requiring 26 industrialized nations to issue machine-readable passports for their citizens traveling to the United States
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Problematic voting systems lead court to delay Calif. recall
A federal appeals court put California’s gubernatorial recall poll on hold because obsolete punch-card voting technology could prevent votes from being counted.<br>
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New England police test name software
State and local law enforcement agencies are turning to software predominantly used by intelligence agencies to help them recognize the structure and cultural history of personal names as another tool in battling street crime and terrorism
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