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Interior to respond to court report
The department has 10 days to answer a special master's assertion that officials broke the law by destroying computer data and undervaluing Indian lands.
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IRS Digital Dispatch goes weekly
The Internal Revenue Service this week doubled the frequency of one of its Digital Dispatch e-mail newsletters
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E-Travel takes flight as GSA names winning vendors
The General Services Administration has awarded 10-year contracts to two companies that will help agencies migrate to the pair’s online travel services over the next three years.
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Inspector says improper payment made to MCI
DOD's inspector general has accused DISA of telling one of its agencies to improperly certify $16.6 million payment to MCI/WorldCom.
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GAO sees electronic archive problems
The National Archives and Records Administration's long-term program to store and retrieve electronic records lacks several key elements, according to a GAO report
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Agencies join for weather forecasting
Five agencies agreed to test and further develop a new weather forecast system for the research and operational forecasting communities
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Court appointee: Interior broke the law
Interior officials violated federal law and breached trust duties to American Indians, according to a U.S. District Court official.
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GAO: Reserve, Guard need better systems
The General Accounting Office today said the Defense Department needs better, more centralized systems for overseeing Reserve and National Guard forces
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Telework website updated
Officials from the General Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management today introduced an updated version of their telecommuting Web site
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Navy purchase cards hacked
The Navy canceled all 22,000 of its purchase card accounts after discovering that more than half of them may have been compromised by a hack attack
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E-Grants portal preps for launch
After two years of planning, the Health and Human Services Department has three more months to fine-tune its portal automating the federal grants process.
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CDC to consolidate hotlines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to make it easier for the public to get disease info
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DHS to host alert system fair
Homeland Security Department officials plan to host an industry day in October for companies to show off their solutions for public warnings and alert systems
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DCIS to start fall tests
DOD agencies this fall will start testing a cross-credentialing system that would give employees and contractors a single access card for any Defense facility.
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Virus hits Navy Marine Corps Intranet
Samaritan worm hampers NMCI's connection to outside networks.
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Spawar awards two support contracts
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (Spawar) in Charleston, S.C., hired M.C. Dean and Eagan, McAllister
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Agencies flunk telework test
The General Accounting Office says two agencies leading the federal telecommuting program should do more to make it successful
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Boeing lands Air Force deal
The aerospace company won a $126 million deal to build a test platform for the Air Force's E-10A command and control program
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Texas CIO Purcell will retire
Carolyn Purcell, the only CIO Texas has had, announced she is retiring from state government at the end of this month. <br>
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