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Education's Greg Woods dies

Woods put into practice innovative procurement and e-government processes

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Justice is slammed again on INS systems

The General Accounting Office has concluded that the Justice Department has failed to properly oversee major IT projects at the Immigration and Naturalization Service.<br><@SM>

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Praise on the Hill for Forman, but more work remains

While praising OMB's Mark Forman this week, congressional staff members say the government's 25 Quicksilver e-government projects have a long way to go. And Congress will be paying attention.<br><@SM>

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Privacy czar plays homeland role

Homeland Security Department privacy officer will have a tough time offsetting risk to personal privacy, observers say

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Agencies still struggle with management agenda

The Energy Department’s work on its e-government projects earned the department the biggest jump in that category in the latest President’s Management Agenda grades. <br>

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Pacific forces prep for Stryker

Army troops will be even more mobile and lethal, thanks to armored vehicle with advanced IT tools

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Commander lays out IT challenges

Pacific Command leader says IT can help downsize without affecting combat capabilities

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Military pushes for wireless security

Greater security features are needed to make wireless communications reliable on the battlefield

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NMCI on course for Pacom

The service is doing about 25,000 seats per month on its way to a total of 350,000 seats

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Navy Dept. CIO to retire

Dan Porter says he will be accepting the Navy Department's early retirement option

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CIO Council elects Evans

Karen Evans, Energy chief information officer, replaces Jim Flyzik as vice chair

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TSA preps smart ID programs

The Transportation Security Administration is ramping up its smart card-based programs

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TSA seeking airport access tech

TSA is looking for vendors who can provide products for its Airport Access Control Pilot Program

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Senate passes Homeland overhaul

Legislation OK'd to create department, authorizing massive reorganization of the federal government

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Horn’s report card shows agencies flunking IT security

There were few improvements in this year’s report card for systems security.<br><@SM><@SM>

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Career Channels

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Officials tout homeland opportunities

Plenty of business opportunities will arise in the new department, vendors told

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Roster Change

Government IT personnel moves

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Northcom orders C4ISR, info ops work

Northern Command awards $5.8 million in contract task orders to Lockheed Martin

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IRS uses Web to try to locate recipients of unclaimed refunds

IRS officials hope that the service's new “Where’s My Refund?” Web page can help it find nearly 97,000 taxpayers that haven’t claimed their 2001 tax year refunds.<@SM>