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UAVs advance since Desert Storm

Unmanned aerial vehicles could take center stage in any conflict that may take place in Iraq

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Roster Change

Government IT personnel moves

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Pentagon thwarts spoofed e-mail

An attempt to send a virus through its systems last week was thwarted before damage could be caused

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Entry/exit registration deadline extended

The Justice Department has extended the registration period for certain foreign visitors

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Flyzik to lead ITAA homeland group

Former federal official has been named chairman of the ITAA's Homeland Security Task Group

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DOD taps SGI for high-performance computing

Under new contract, four DOD high-performance computing centers will deploy SGI systems

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State to share visa info with FBI

Agreement would enable the FBI to tap into State's database of 50 million visa applications

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Homeland infrastructure protection merging

The Homeland Security Department's infrastructure protection organization is getting under way

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Lieberman leads homeland funding push

Senator maintains that the Bush administration is shortchanging Americans' security

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GAO: Improve acquisition training

Report suggests more training for acquisition officials in light of rapidly changing rules

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IRS Free File showing results

Almost 640,000 returns already filed via innovative public/private e-gov initiative

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Bush details threat integration

President Bush describes his plans for an integrated center for intelligence analysts

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Threat center draws praise, questions

One of the biggest questions concerns the placement of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center

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Cyber scholarship program expands

NSF will increase the number of students and universities in the Scholarship for Service program

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Congress allocates $5 million for e-gov fund

The administration’s e-government fund felt the pinch of the budget crunch last night as Congress allocated only $5 million for the account in the final agreement on the fiscal 2003 civilian budget.<br>

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Agency projects receive top Excellence.Gov awards

Five agency e-government projects yesterday received best-in-show recognition out of 25 finalists for the Excellence.Gov awards sponsored by the CIO Council, the Industry Advisory Council and E-Gov at the Web-Enabled Conference in Washington. <br>

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ACS gets DOD IT, outsourcing orders

DOD awarded more than $54 million in IT task orders to Affiliated Computer Services

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Transformation chief focuses on 'last mile'

Director of Force Transformation Office calls for single, interoperable tactical system

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Justice CIO has departmentwide vision

Department is working to improve its technology foundation and shift to more centralized solutions

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Pentagon works out iris scans

DOD's biometrics office reaches the final phase of an iris-scanning pilot at the Pentagon