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OMB clarifies A-76 challenges

Federal employees and others can challenge the omission or inclusion of particular jobs in an agency's list of commercial activities after all.

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Air Force IT leader steps down

Lt. Gen. Leslie Kenne, deputy chief of staff for warfighting integration at Air Force headquarters, will retire Sept. 1.

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Research arm puts lid on contracts

The Homeland Security Department's research arm wants to conceal U.S. security gaps.

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Info agency gets new No. 2

Army Maj. Gen. Marilyn Quagliotti will take on posts at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Ops.

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DHS rushes to finish tech plan

By week's end, the Homeland Security Department wants to finish the document that will define the future of the agency's information technology and business structure

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Feds to define solutions architect

Agencies agree that a solutions architect applies business and technical enterprise architecture to a specific system or function

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Forman: E-gov is going to continue

The modernization of government operations through better use of information technology will continue in his absence, Mark Forman, the administration’s outgoing IT and e-government czar, said today.<br>

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Agencies alerted to fake degrees

The Office of Personnel Management told agencies to beware of degrees granted to employees on the basis of phony training paid for by the government.

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U.S., Holland team to detect nukes

The U.S. and Dutch governments will work together to detect terrorist shipments of nuclear material through Europe's busiest seaport.

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Online Extra: Forman’s legacy, selected stories

Here is some of the coverage of Mark Forman from the Government Computer News online archives.<br>

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Border agency tests monitors

The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection will have a pilot project to automate monitoring of border intrusions

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US-VISIT to get Lockheed bid

Lockheed Martin will lead a team bidding on the prime integrator contract for the government's planned system for tracking foreign visitors in the United States.

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Poindexter leaving DARPA

After more than a year mostly spent defending controversial programs, John Poindexter will quit his job at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Chapman outlines HHS priorities

Departmentwide tech consolidation and a common e-mail system are top priorities, according to the agency's chief information officer

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NARA, GPO team for record upkeep

The agencies formalized a deal to preserve electronic information and save the trouble of duplicating physical records

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Committee approves records budget

House Appropriations members boosted the Electronic Records Archives budget by $22 million for fiscal 2004

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Future Combat pushed to next decade

The cornerstone of the Army's transformation efforts will no longer be ready by the end of the decade, according to a new General Accounting Office report.

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GAO sees flaws in radio project

Lack of a strong management structure hampers the military's Joint Tactical Radio System, according to the General Accounting Office.

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HHS tests finance system

Officials started testing an Oracle-based financial management system two weeks ago at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Early bird avoids the worm

Most federal agencies applied a patch for the vulnerability last month