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E-gov projects to get 24 percent less funding in 2004

The Office of Management and Budget carried through on its drive to consolidate IT investments among the 25 e-government projects.<br>

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DOD plans network attack task force

DOD is planning to form a new joint task force focused solely on computer network attack

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Video screens suspicious activity

NIMA venture capital arm awards contract to group working on video surveillance tools

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USPS to outsource contact center

Convergys wins $255 million contract to outsource USPS' customer contact center network

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DOD presents Information Age budget

Rumsfeld outlines transformation goals in DOD systems and processes

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OPM includes worker incentive fund

OPM budget request includes proposal for a $500 million Human Capital Performance Fund

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SAIC expanding Air Force business

Acquisition of the DOD business of Scientech beefs up work for Air Force Materiel Command

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Budget commits to immigration systems

Several systems already under way at INS will continue to be funded in new department

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Stratcom acquires new IT missions

Stratcom assumes control of DOD information operations and global C4ISR

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NMCI cap soon to be lifted

DOD already has authorized the Navy to order more seats to bring the total to 310,000

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Army pictures logistics modernization

Logistics modernization depends on common operating picture, commander says

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Navy Knowledge Online sets sail

NKO portal is available as tool to provide training to all sailors and Marines

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E-Clearance success will let OPM clear Defense personnel

OPM will announce Friday it has completed the link between its Security/Sustainability Investigations Index and the Defense Department’s Joint Personnel Adjudication System to make personnel data more easily accessible.<br>

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NIMA is source of Iraq imagery

NIMA provided the satellite imagery that Secretary of State Colin Powell presented to the U.N.

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OPM absorbing background checks

The Defense agency that conducts background investigations will be transferred to OPM

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Homeland agencies' funding mixed

Agencies will maintain a spirit of uniqueness and will continue work on projects that are under way

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Treasury names critical infrastructure chief

Michael Dawson has been named head of the department's new Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Grid computing at work against smallpox

Industry, academia are teaming up to provide DOD with data for possible smallpox drugs

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<b>WEB EXTRA:</b> Mission Control -- Individuals aren’t the only users of government services

Important performance improvement imperatives are now linked to the federal budget process.<br>

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E-gov skills start with cooperation

When Jim Van Wert saw the opportunity to work on an e-government project, he jumped at it. As the Small Business Administration’s acting ombudsman, he represented the agency during the Office of Management and Budget’s development of the Quicksilver program. And when SBA and OMB sought a project leader for the Business Compliance One-Stop initiative, Van Wert couldn’t resist.