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Standards for grant portal drafted
Draft issued of proposed data standards for agencies posting grant opportunities on FedBizOpps.gov
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EPA looks to unify states with CDX
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Information Collection Office, which is managing the rollout and expansion of the agency's Central Data Exchange (CDX) portal, knows the Web is the route to take for the portal’s next step. Now, the agency is looking for the right technology to pave the way.
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TSA issues first IT work orders
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded the first two work orders for its IT infrastructure
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VBA links offices on virtual network
The Veterans Benefits Administration is linking regional offices to improve the customer service offered by its call centers.
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Military maps out homeland help
The military services are finishing a proposal to define technologies and processes that could support homeland security
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Missing Centcom laptops found
DOD has recovered two laptop computers that were taken from a 'tightly controlled' area
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Roster Change
Daryl White, the Interior Department's former chief information officer, will retire from the federal government Aug. 15
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Army sets up battle for WIN-T
The Army awarded contracts that will let two vendor teams battle it out for the multibillion-dollar tactical intranet
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Annual leave no contest
Bureaucratus column: Can a fed be removed if he has years' worth of leave left?
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CSC shuffles homeland security lineup
Computer Sciences Corp. is reorganizing its federal business units and sharpening its strategies to attract new business in the federal homeland security market
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IRS tests database, sets free-filing deal
The IRS has begun testing the Customer Account Data Engine, the database management system that will replace the nearly 40-year-old Master File and Integrated Data Retrieval System.
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DLA begins rollout of modernization system
The Defense Logistics Agency recently rolled out the first release of its $500 million modernization program
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Report: Creativity needed
Homeland security requires unusual approaches to R&D, presidential council says
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Wanted: A CIO with punch
Commentary: A strong CIO will be critical to the success of the Homeland Security Department
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DOD weighs DMS' fate
DOD information technology officials may lift a requirement that all services use the departmentwide secure electronic messaging system
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Funding bill boosts homeland IT coffers
Bush signs bill sending billions to TSA, INS and others
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