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Card smarts
Over the past decade, about 60 federal agencies started making plans to issue smart cards to their employees. Most are still at the drawing board.
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Rumsfeld outlines risks, rewards
Defense secretary's annual report describes the advantages of network-centric operations and need for protecting systems
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TSP recordkeeping system delayed
The new recordkeeping system for the Thrift Savings Plan won't be ready until November
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DOD gives biometrics a workout
The Biometrics Management Office is testing iris scan technology to gain access to the Pentagon Athletic Club
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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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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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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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