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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.

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DHS creates emergency response team

The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team will lead all incident prevention, warnings and response efforts across the country.

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GIG Version 2.0 in development

The Defense Department will release a new planning, budgeting, purchasing and interoperability policy this fall for its fast-growing, worldwide network of sensors and systems

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Intercepts

New CIO?; By hook or by crook; ITES awards due soon; Logistics breakdowns; JSTARS grows up

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Anderson to be Indian Affairs nominee

If approved, David Anderson would fill a job that has been officially vacant for almost a year.

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HUD to establish program office

The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to create a management office to oversee enterprisewide projects.

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HSARPA unveils first research project

Agency officials want to know more about detection systems for biological and chemical countermeasures.

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DHS teaches lawsuit protection

Officials will hold seminars to explain to vendors how to get certified to limit their liability for anti-terrorism technology sold to the government.

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ObjectVideo's border contract grows

The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection expanded its contract to buy an enterprise-wide license for ObjectVideo's video surveillance software.

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FHWA site puts national highway specs in one place

A new Transportation Department Web site shows all highway construction specifications from the 50 states and territories.<br>

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2006 budget guidance to come early

The Office of Management and Budget plans to release guidance for fiscal 2006 budgeting much earlier.<br>

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Northrop Grumman wins JWARN contract

The company will get up to $15 million to build a next-generation chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warning and reporting system.

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Enterprise architectures need support, say CIOs

Ninety percent of the program is technology and 10 percent is change management, experts say.

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Archives officials: Pay for ERA now, or pay more later

If funding for electronic records is deferred for a year, NARA says it will ask for almost twice as much money in fiscal 2005.

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GAO sees flaws in Defense service acquisition

The military lacks the management structure and oversight needed in service acquisition to improve performance and reduce costs, GAO investigators said.