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OPM speeds hiring of cyber specialists

Direct-hire announcement is intended to ease agencies' hiring of cybersecurity specialists

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Legislation spurs biometrics at the borders

Recent bills passed by Congress

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New features for TSP participants

Here are some of the Thrift Savings Plan's other new features

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Federal asset sales initiative on fast track

GSA is developing a program through which agencies can funnel billions of dollars of annual sales of their excess property

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Defining a solutions architect

Just as the world of enterprise architecture is evolving, so too are the jobs of those charged with developing and managing the process

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Blowing off steam

A sampling of the e-mail messages submitted to tsp@fcw.com

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DHS seeks help from vendors

Homeland offers a fertile field for tech companies that want to do business with the federal government

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Interactive tools to train NYC firefighters

The New York City Fire Department is exploring the prospect of training its uniformed personnel on computer-based virtual scenarios

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CAPPS II privacy notice delayed

TSA wants to ensure the accuracy of the document's wording and details

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A moving target

Border control and transportation safety apps put biometrics to the test

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Ashcroft: Help disrupt terror nets

Attorney general pushes benefits of information sharing and insights from industry

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Navy office to curb portal development

The Navy is taking on a new target: Web portals

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Airports opt for iris, facial ID technology

A quick scan of airports offers ready evidence that applications based on iris scanning and facial recognition are thriving

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DOD official criticizes DARPA on privacy

Privacy groups continue TIA opposition

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Intercepts

Naval Academy Woes; One Bad Apple...; DMS Delay; E-Locate Program

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From full service to self-service

GPO closes bookstores, lays off employees, moves information access to the Internet

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Navy tests plug-in security

DARPA firewall used in Fleet Battle Experiment Kilo

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House pumps up homeland funding

Committee adds $1 billion to Bush's budget request

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Whose best interests?

Bureaucratus column: The use of best value introduces a high degree of subjectivity

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TSP's troubled modernization history

The effort to modernize the Thrift Savings Plan's system dates back to 1997