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CIA veteran named threat center chief

CIA deputy John Brennan is named director of the new Terrorist Threat Integration Center

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Air Force CIO outlines priorities

John Gilligan identified his top five priorities in Air Force transformation

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Energy projects have corporate flavor

DOE progressing on IT initiatives that reflect a more corporate approach to management

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SSA speeds e-disability system

Agency plans to put its electronic disability system into production four years early

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INS inspectors lack tools, training

Inspectors do not have adequate equipment and are not properly trained on the computer systems, IG report says

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NIH monitoring Internet use

Agency deploys software to track and manage Internet use for more than 41,000 employees

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Navy forms first XML council

The XML Business Standards Council is the first of four groups to provide XML policy guidance

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White House updates federal e-gov site

The White House today launched a revamped Web site for e-government projects, organizing information about the 25 Quicksilver initiatives under one portal.<br>

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Liability concerns chill industry participation

Industry is fretting potential liability issues tied to interaction with the ISACs

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News Briefs

Treasury hires new CIO; Transportation fills CIO post; Navy bolsters CIO staff; Networx to replace FTS 2001

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DOD puts security onus on commanders

Pentagon officials are making individual commanders accountable for protecting data that passes through their systems

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TSA awards passenger screening contract

System will perform background checks, combing government and commercial databases to assess the risk posed by airline passengers

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Get with the program

Agencies tap skilled program, project managers to help fix troubled systems

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Homeland preps IT buys

Procurement process will get under way in next six weeks

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Management Briefs

Bill targets fed recruiting; No quick recruiting fix

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Defense Department ahead of the game

DOD implement training for information technology project and program management years ago

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Army issues Future Combat solicitations

Army officials issued requests for proposals for the development and demonstration phase of its Future Combat Systems

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Intercepts

Wireless Policy Coming Soon?; Novel View of Cyberwar; DARPA's Cannonball Run

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DOD wages financial management war

Agency nears completion of financial enterprise architecture

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GSA puts eTravel in express lane

GSA wants one major federal agency to be using the coming Web-based eTravel system by December