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Senate approves Navy network leader

Navy Vice Adm. Richard Mayo will head the new Naval Network Warfare Command

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Lawmakers debate 'e-Congress'

House committee begins exploring the idea of creating a virtual Congress that could operate in the event of a disaster

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Tech bill to bypass bureaucracy

Rep. Wyden said his bill would allow biotechnology firms to bring new products to a central clearinghouse

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Roster change

Steve Zaidman is returning to the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after retiring from government service for a job at Computer Sciences Corp

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Call made for homeland strategy

Brookings Institution, congresswoman call for national strategy to help apply resources, especially IT

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Davis: Streamline homeland tech

Congressman preps plan, legislation to speed the evaluation and procurement of homeland security solutions

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OMB’s Lorentz: No pain, no gain on e-gov projects

Agencies working on e-government projects should be prepared for some discomfort, Norman Lorentz said recently.

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Minnesota answers HIPAA’s call

Greg Anderson had two choices when he learned what states had to do to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Minnesota’s supervisor of e-commerce and electronic data interchange for the Department of Human Services needed to procure a new system or redesign the current one.

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Air Force awards DMS deal

Two contractors win multimillion-dollar task order to support the Air Force DMS program office

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Is your site effective? The right metrics can tell

Build customer-focused e-government, and they will come.

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GovBenefits launches first phase

The site is the first e-initiative conceived by an interagency e-gov task force to reach initial operations

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A-76 is obsolete, panel says

Commercial Activities Panel recommends using a process defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation

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DOD rule raises contracting fears

Officials say that a proposed rule that seeks to encourage competition could undermine procurement reform

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DISA awards NexGen contract

Next Generation Engineering contract, with overall ceiling of $1 billion, goes to seven companies

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OPM adds three to help lead e-gov projects

The Office of Personnel Management yesterday boosted its e-government staff by three to help manage the agency’s five initiatives.

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Workplace differences narrowing

IT execs see the government workplace moving toward the private sector's performance-oriented environment

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Roster change

Roster change

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Army tackles workforce challenges

Service uses internships, former dot-com employees to address its current and future IT workforce shortage

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NASA selects senior IT adviser

Administrator Sean O'Keefe picks longtime colleague Paul Strassmann as an assistant in IT matters

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State rep on CIO Council departs

West Virginia's chief technology officer will resign May 10, a move that also affects states' representation on the federal CIO Council