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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.

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Chenega wins $500 million Customs contract

The company will maintain and repair inspection devices at U.S. ports.

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DOT inspector slams terminal system

The inspector general criticized the FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System for delays and cost overruns.

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OMB to release architecture models soon

The Office of Management and Budget plans to have all five of its federal enterprise architecture models available by October.

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GSA tech veteran to retire

The GSA's director of professional development may move to private industry after 36 years in government.

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DOD to issue new architecture policy

DOD Architecture Framework 1.0 will provide guidelines on how to use data to write requirements, budget for and buy them, and ensure they work together.

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Judges reject Interior Secretary's claim

The panel also instructed Gale Norton to show just cause why she should be allowed to continue her participation in the proceedings.

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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