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A-76 revision offers little, critics say

The Office of Management and Budget made two changes to its controversial revised Circular A-76 recently that some opponents of the competitve sourcing rules hope could signal a more conciliatory stance on the part of the Bush Administration

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GAO raps INS on contracting

GAO says the Immigration and Naturalization Service does not have information necessary to oversee contracts effectively

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Deployment tips

There's not a lot of experience yet in building first responder multimedia systems

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The wireless backbone

Deployment of mobile multimedia systems will depend on the rollout of high-speed wireless systems nationwide

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Forum re-emphasizes CAPPS II concerns

Critics from the left and right continue to assail passenger screening plan

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Tips for exercise planners

To ensure a successful exercise, experts suggest that planners take steps

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Converging at the crisis scene

Application developers learn to adapt to the constraints of first responders

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The eyes have it

A slew of surveillance and first responder applications spurs interest in video technology

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DOD experiment tests transformation

The Defense Department will conduct an experiment this week testing network-centric warfare operations

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Testing the tech

Disaster simulations count on successes and failures for the best results

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An immersion excursion

In early 1994, Oklahoma City had never experienced a major disaster, save a few tornadoes, and officials had no real reason to expect one

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Navy purchase cards hacked

Defense Department officials said last week that hack attacks compromised about 13,000 Navy purchase cards

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Attack of the worms: Feds get wake-up call

Latest round of attacks prompt call for more aggressive patch programs

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DOD will split IT spending, CIO says

Budget will separate business systems from war-fighting IT

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Video's supporting cast also important

Cameras are just one part of the digital video picture

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DLA tinkers with its modernization

A Defense Logistics Agency program designed to provide faster access to military supply information will take four months longer to complete and will cost $36 million more than planned

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Boston airport tests video alert system

Logan International Airport in Boston launched a digital video pilot project in May designed to automatically detect airport sercurity breaches

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Pennsylvania takes the back roads

Even with money due to state and local governments from the Homeland Security Department for first responder needs

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Federal agency finds local planning helps a seller's market

One place where many cities will turn for assistance when planning homeland security-related exercises is the federal Office for Domestic Preparedness

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Virus worms into NMCI

For the first time in its short history, the Navy Marine Corps Intranet fell victim to an outside attack