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Tough decisions
The Homeland Security Department must draw the best from its incoming components
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The best testing approach
Testing how users deal with new Web sites is central to the usability process, but how that testing should be conducted is hotly debated
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Hill panel settles on DOD funding
Focus is on improving DOD's ability to collect, share and analyze information
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Task force urges distributed intelligence
Better information analysis and sharing are essential in the war against terrorism, but not a giant, central database
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IT has stake in EPA homeland plan
Strategic Plan for Homeland Security identifies four main areas that include communication and information
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DOD appropriations progress
Conference report recommendations include funding for numerous C4ISR programs
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Cooperation bolsters border tech
Laws enacted since Sept. 11 have helped foster cooperation among agencies involved in border security
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Iowa launches Web site for bids and proposals
Post it, and they will come. Iowa lawmakers decreed in April that state agencies must advertise all requests for bids and proposals on a page that went up this month on the state’s Web site, at eservices.iowa.gov/rfp. Vendors can find specific RFPs by typing in keywords.
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DOD grant funds cyberterror research
Carnegie Mellon receives a grant to develop technologies and policies focused on combating cyberterrorism
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Navy preps NMCI contingencies
NMCI officials have re-examined their contingency plans in case EDS should have problems
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Service level review complete
Operational assessment of NMCI focused on EDS' ability to measure service levels
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Treasury set to issue digital certificates with smart cards
The Treasury Department plans to issue digital-certificate-embedded smart cards to 7,000 Treasury employees across the country beginning next month, said Bernadette Curry, Treasury's PKI program manager.
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Info strategy challenges Air Force
CIO calls knowledge management one of the top challenges among the Air Force's nine information strategy goals
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Feds testify about improved antiterror systems
State Department, FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service officials, among others, described improvements to government systems for border control and for tracking terrorists’ finances during a hearing today on the effectiveness of the USA Patriot Act.
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Commanders seek funding control
Joint Staff recommendation would make joint commanders responsible for IT spending priorities
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GSA releases E-Travel draft solicitation
After a two-month delay, the General Services Administration earlier this week released a draft request for proposals for a governmentwide online travel management system. GSA plans to roll out an online booking engine—the first iteration of the E-Travel project—by December.
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Regional officials embrace e-mail, study finds
Mayors and city council members across the country routinely use e-mail to communicate with constituents, in contrast to federal elected officials who are swamped with e-mail and often dismiss it, according to a new study.
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Enterprise leadership guide coming
OPM is preparing guidance to help find program managers with skills to lead cross-agency missions
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