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DOD drafting financial architecture
Defense officials aim to have the draft of DOD's financial management architecture completed within three months
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House passes info sharing bill
The House passed a bill to make it easier to share information among the FBI, the CIA and local law enforcement
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NCS may get lost in Homeland
DOD official hopes move of National Communications System is simply a 'paper move'
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Reserve unit launches Cisco Academy
Fort Meade-based Army Reserve unit will become the first certified as a Cisco Networking Systems Academy
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Army awards radio deal to Boeing
Boeing wins contract for development, demonstration and initial production of the Joint Tactical Radio System
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New FirstGov engine will search agency databases
The General Services Administration is touting the new search engine for its <a href="http://FirstGov.gov"> FirstGov.gov</a> portal as the technology that will make it the Web site it was intended to be—a single place to look for virtually any information regarding the government.
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GIS experts: Keep it simple
Three geography experts yesterday urged agencies to strive for simplicity and time-saving strategies in their geographical information systems.
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Military, FEMA test communications
A month-long communications exercise has been testing the interoperability among Army, Air Force and FEMA
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TSA could be model for Homeland
Fledgling agency's approach to IT could serve as vision for the proposed Homeland Security Department
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'Tribalism' may defeat Homeland
Experts say hurdles are more bureaucratic than technical in getting agencies to work together, share information
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OMB takes aim at redundant IT
'Clinger-Cohen letters' target shutting down redundant information technology investments
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OMB promotes shared funding to build e-gov
By the end of the month, agency leaders of the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 e-government initiatives will know how much money they have in their wallets and how many skilled workers they’ll have on board.
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Databases tag along with XML
Extensible Markup Language has become the data format of choice for many emerging applications in e-commerce and e-government.
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Major programs within OASIS
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FBI sifting through applicants
The FBI has received 47,000 applications for 900 positions, including call for computer and IT specialists
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Scientists urge counterterror tech
A report by the National Academies urges the federal government to develop new technological tools in the war against terrorism
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OPM asks agencies to bid on payroll system
The Office of Personnel Management has begun a program to consolidate the government’s payroll systems from more than 18 to fewer than a handful.
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Army releases second AKM memo
Army Knowledge Management guidance implores the commands to be ?ruthless? in reducing servers and applications
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