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House blocks competitive sourcing
Congressional representatives approved an amendment that cuts funding for implementing OMB's A-76 circular.
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Joint Forces test friendly IDs
American and Canadian personnel will wrap up a demonstration of systems used to identify friendly forces in urban combat.
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EDS to run State Department's telecom
The deal calls on EDS to oversee the agency's domestic voice, data and video conferencing.
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Perry leaves the VA for industry
The CTO of the Veterans Affairs Department will take a job at SAIC, where he will join the VA's former CIO.
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State may stretch deadline for scannable passports
Although the requirement was to go into effect Oct. 1, officials said many foreign passports are not yet machine-readable.
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Oceanic air tech gets go-ahead
The government approved a Lockheed Martin system that will control U.S. air traffic over the ocean.
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Industry groups urge support of competitive sourcing
Twenty organizations asked House members to vote against amendments that would block White House plans to open government functions to competition.
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Senate committee holds firm on E-Gov Fund for fiscal 2004
A Senate committee has OKed $5 million for the Office of Management and Budget’s E-Government fund, $40 million less than requested.<br><@SM>
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Army plans for satellites, knowledge site
The service's Program Objective Memorandum will budget for commercial satellites and the Army Knowledge Portal.
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GAITS tries to emulate Signal
Cass Panciocco and Robert Smith were hired by GAITS to boost the company's revenue more than tenfold.
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Evans takes e-gov helm
OMB's revolving door still spinning as Lorentz, Styles return to private sector
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Vendors take different GPEA approaches
Because the nature of paperwork elimination varies so much from one agency to another, vendors say it is difficult for a single set of tools to find universal acceptance
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NORAD finds space-saving solution
North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command's PC management challenges are utterly pedestrian
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'A good manager and well regarded'
Energy’s Karen Evans to replace Mark Forman at the federal IT helm.<br>
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Transformation tops agenda of next DOD CIO
Stenbit's successor faces challenge of carrying through transformation
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Campbell: Policymakers need tech reassurance
State chief information officers need to translate their technology concepts and ideas into practical policy terms, a former Canadian prime minister tells CIOs today.<br>
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NIH links diet aid searchers to medical database
A National Institutes of Health Web site about dietary supplements will now link to a National Library of Medicine database.<br>
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