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Women honored for tech leadership
Deborah Loudon, deputy CIO at the National Reconnaissance Office, earns government award
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Guard to forge transformation goals
The National Guard Bureau's new commanding general says Guard must mirror the armed services
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Recruitment deal hits protest limbo
The administration’s Quicksilver e-government program has hit its first big hitch: a vendor protest that has put the Recruitment One-Stop project on hold.
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USPS adds online service for businesses
New service enables users to make bill payments electronically rather than mailing checks
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OMB offers advice on attaining PMA nirvana
To help agencies make the grade—so to speak—on the President’s Management Agenda, the Office of Management and Budget soon will begin negotiating with them to set strategies for progress.
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SAIC helping on DISA acquisition
Company will help agency select hardware for the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion project
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Homeland setting cybersecurity priorities
One likely initiative would create an independent, private-sector-led security certification program
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HHS monitors mock attacks
Drill of possible terrorist attacks is an expanded version of day-to-day operations at the command center
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USPTO achieves accessibility
Patent and Trademark Office is the first agency to reach full compliance with Section 508
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NMCI to generate business opportunities
The Navy will host a symposium to bring together government and private sector
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Agencies hiring human capital officers
Officer will serve as chief policy adviser on all human resources management issues
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OMB releases e-gov fund guidance
OMB guidance outlines process for agencies to request money from the e-government fund
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OMB details procedure for obtaining e-gov funding
Agencies looking to get a portion of the Office of Management and Budget’s e-government fund will need to submit a proposal that includes a description of the initiative, a justification for the funding and a spending plan.<br>
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IAC to offer advice on e-gov governance
The Industry Advisory Council will offer recommendations to OMB on cross-agency challenges
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House haggles over Defense IT cuts
Committee divided over proposal to cut IT spending by $2 billion, including hit to NMCI
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Commercial satellite policy released
White House policy calls for government to rely as much as possible on commercial satellite capabilities
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Army makes satellite modem award
ViaSat wins contract to produce high-speed satellite communications modem
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Pentagon portal gets management feature
Network operators can now use the Network Information System portal to manage Pentagon systems
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E-gov proponents say the barriers remain the same
More than two years after government accelerated its pace down the e-government road, agencies face many of the same cultural, organizational and communication barriers. <br>
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