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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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CIO group urges crime info sharing
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is trying to generate more interest in integrated justice systems, a concept that has been around for years but failed to produce many concrete results
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GAO at odds on program timeline
The Army is disputing a General Accounting Office report released last week that recommends extending the timeline for the service's multibillion-dollar effort to bring technology to the battlefield
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Intercepts
GIG: Coming to a Base Near You; Reaching Out for Help; More Trouble for DMS?; In and Out
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Feds avoid Blaster
The Internet worm snarling computers nationwide last week amounted to much ado about nothing for federal agencies
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Snapshots of history
Nuala O'Connor Kelly's office may not be imposing or have a window, but every available surface is covered with her history
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DHS may restrict access to some solicitations
The Homeland Security Department's research division may issue quasi-classified procurement announcements to avoid tipping off potential terrorists about U.S. security gaps
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Building the bridge
Integrators are most comfortable working with companies they've worked with before, companies whose capabilities they can count on
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