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IG calls for halt of Defense Travel System
The Defense Department should halt funding of its Defense Travel System until a study can determine whether it is the most cost-effective approach to streamlining the travel process, the Pentagon inspector general recommends.<@SM>
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OMB freezes management systems
Freeze affects investments on financial, HR and procurement systems at agencies moving to the Homeland Security Department
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Experts translate voice tech needs
DOD officials, industry called on to define requirements for speech and voice technology for the warfighter
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IRS tests new central tax file database
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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Army system measures readiness
The Army is moving forward with its Strategic Readiness System, which measures the readiness of all areas of the service
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Privacy still a priority, officials say
High-tech identification systems won't be allowed to undercut civil liberties, the CIO at the Office of Homeland Security said
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Rep. Smith sounds cyberalarm
There is a 50 percent chance that the next time al Qaeda terrorists strike the U.S., it will include a cyberattack, Rep. Lamar Smith warned
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Take a lesson from Trilogy
Those expecting a steady march toward the establishment of a Homeland Security Department should draw sobering lessons from the FBI's experience
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Ashcroft: No central database for citizen tips
Amid growing concern over Operation TIPS the attorney general said that reports of suspicious activity would not be retained in a central database
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Labor accepts digital signatures from union filers
The Labor Department has set up a voluntary program that lets unions file annual reports online using digital signatures.
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Feds still on the sideline
Bureaucratus column: Isn't there any way to protect workers from repetitive stress injuries in a cost-effective way?
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