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Commerce picks Dialog for news site

Dialog will host World News Connection, which offers information compiled from foreign news organizations

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New Mexico gets ready for HIPAA compliance

As states scramble to meet the April 14 deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s privacy rules, New Mexico is smoothing its way to compliance by focusing on data integration.<br>

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Roster Change

Government IT personnel moves

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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