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DHS tests portal for tracking cargo

DHS has launched a Web portal that shippers will use to disclose what they are importing before they even dock at a U.S. port

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DHS selects Dell for software

The Homeland Security Department has awarded a contract to Dell worth at least $110 million for a department-wide software license

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SAIC to build DHS architecture

Massive undertaking will require integrating the IT infrastructures of 22 agencies

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Rule limits anti-terror liability

Rule would limit the liability for companies providing anti-terrorism technologies to the federal government

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GSA drafts e-Authentication policy

It outlines four levels of assurance against which agencies must align transactions

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Fingerprint systems integration lagging

Justice Department Inspector General report says delay creates continued risks to national security

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Senate holds up CAPPS funding

But appropriators unanimously approved a $29.3 billion spending bill for the Homeland Security Department

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OPM’s E-Clearance meets its goals

The Office of Personnel Management this month completed the final module of its E-Clearance project that automates Form SF-86. It's one of the first Quicksilver initiatives to meet all its original goals. <br>

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Army set to launch eMILPO

System will consolidate 43 personnel databases into one Web-based electronic military personnel office

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Army Web-enabling base support

Army selects SRA to Web-enable support systems for installations worldwide

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Security clearance forms go online

OPM Web site will enable federal employees to revise, rather than redo, behemoth SF-86

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DOD opens biometrics site

DOD has made its biometrics knowledgebase to all agencies

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GSA outlines four e-authentication assurance levels

GSA will require agencies to adopt one of four assurance levels for electronic authorization for all e-government projects and major IT systems that conduct transactions by Oct. 1.<br>

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E-authentication policy due Friday

Draft policy will outline how agencies will check the identities of e-government users

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NARA plots ambitious e-archiving system

NARA and GAO differ about how the agency should proceed with its ambitious electronic archiving system

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DOD: Forces must fight as one

The success of future joint operations will depend largely on the type of training the troops involved receive.

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Shea to replace Kellogg on joint staff

President Bush has nominated Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert Shea to a key IT position on the Joint Staff

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DARPA awards high-performance computing contracts

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected three companies for a program designed to create powerful new computer technologies.

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DOD learns from Iraq war, officials say

The armed services are quickly incorporating lessons learned into day-to-day operations, senior DOD officials told lawmakers

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House passes DOD IT cuts

The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would cut DOD's information technology budget by $320 million.