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Senate slashes NARA's archiving plans

If the Senate successfully defers funding for the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives (ERA) for a year, the agency will have to ask for almost twice as much money for the program in fiscal 2005, officials said last week

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Air Force readies outsourcing plans

Service looks to incorporate lessons learned from Navy's experience with NMCI

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Air Force mulls Microsoft license

Service seeks to consolidate software buys

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Summer reading: What's on your list?

IT managers draw inspiration from many disciplines

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A-76 in the cross hairs

Amendments to a budget bill sets stage for battle with White House over competitive sourcing

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Japan seeks IT ideas from United States

Japanese government officials meet with state CIOs to discuss technology ideas

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Naval med portal no longer just a pilot

Site helps sailors with health care

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Health site earns top marks in e-gov user satisfaction survey

Customers give federal Web sites better performance scores than offline government functions, but slightly worse scores than the national average of a general-purpose customer satisfaction index.<br>

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Air base locks airborne logistics data

Secure wireless handhelds have kept track of supplies moving through a warehouse at Maxwell Air Force base in Montgomery, Ala., for a year

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CIO role has PR spin, panelists say

CIOs must be become effective advocates for programs they propose, panelists say

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DOD to issue new architecture policy

Framework is the first revision since 1997

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Fighting words

When introducing his amendment in the House, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made his case for rejecting recent revisions to the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76, which governs competition between the public and private sectors

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CDC to consolidate hot lines

Contact center will save agency money and provide single face to public

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Transportation to audit ERAM

The department's inspector general will review another costly project designed to modernize air traffic operations for the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Senate urges increased Justice IT oversight

The Senate spending bill for Justice would set aside money to strengthen the role of the department's CIO.

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Enigma wins vehicle contract

The Marine Corps awarded the $700,000 deal to provide an electronic technical manual for light armored vehicles.

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Navair gets plenty of wireless experience

For now, the Naval Air Warfare Center is using a virtual private network (VPN) solution to secure a wireless link between its enterprise network and a set of handheld computers carried by about 100 Navy officers and managers

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Yoran named head of national cybersecurity

Homeland Security officials named Amit Yoran as director of the National Cyber Security Division.

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OMB issues privacy guidance

In an effort to ensure that personal information is protected, the Office of Management and Budget last week directed agencies to conduct privacy-impact assessments before developing or changing systems.

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Army awards first ITES contracts

Four vendors won hardware contracts for the Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions program.