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GSA awards AT&T Web hosting contract for FirstGov

The General Services Administration today awarded AT&T a four year, $7.6 million contract for Web hosting and security services for the Firstgov.gov portal.

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Army picks Anteon for overseas IT support

Company is at work on a five-year, $10.8 million contract for IT support services at overseas locations

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Career Channels

Career Channels: Federal IT job openings

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Roster Change

James Ziglar, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for a little more than a year, announced Aug. 16 that he will step down at the end of December

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BlackBerry to carry DOD security

Research In Motion is working with NSA to support the S/MIME secure e-mail standard on handhelds

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Letters to the editor

Ready to serve Homeland

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News briefs

INS' Ziglar to resign; FBI taps two

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Standards proposed for grants portal

The Office of Federal Financial Management has issued an initial draft of proposed data standards for agencies posting grant opportunities on FedBizOpps

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NARA rethinks e-records

Proposal defines records management, retention as the responsibility of agencies

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NMCI cleared for classified net

Pentagon officials give approval to Navy to connect users on SIPRNET to NMCI

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Cyber Corps funding hiked

The government's Scholarship for Service program is getting an infusion of new money

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Burden of proof

Bureaucratus column: Was an employee denied a job because of her previous complaints against her boss?

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Veridian set for growth with Signal acquisition

Veridian has snapped up Signal Corp. in an acquisition designed to bolster Veridian's portfolio in pursuit of homeland security deals

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Justice sets deadline for fingerprint matching

Starting Sept. 11, hundreds of foreign visitors will be directed to immigration inspectors, who will fingerprint and photograph them

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Army speeds up clearances

Cases now can be completed in 24 hours, instead of the usual two to three days

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Army creates BPAs for wireless services

Agreements lower costs, but security still a concern

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Security and vendor rights

A Legal View: The government may invoke national security to curtail vendors' dispute rights

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Unisys starts work on TSA systems

Task orders assuage concerns about delays

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NARA seeks ideas for e-records archive

The National Archives is searching for some workable way to save electronic records for decades or even centuries

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Revising expectations

Commentary: Legislators would be willing to put aside self-interest for the good of the country, but only if the timing is right