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Voting accessibility gains momentum
Election reform bill provision requires states to upgrade voting technology to enable visually impaired voters to cast ballots without assistance
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Politics as usual
Bureaucratus column: The Bush administration plans to borrow billions of dollars from feds' retirement funds, and employee unions aren't happy
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FEMA, NIST collaborate
Two agencies have strengthened their collaborative ties in hopes of improving disaster response and enhancing homeland security
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NMCI forces Corps contingencies
A delay in rolling NMCI out to the Marine Corps is causing the service to do some work on its legacy systems
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Senators push Homeland for Cabinet
Legislation would give the Office of Homeland Security statutory and budget authority as well as the lead role in case of a terrorist attack
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Army poised for Mannheim project
Project is designed to help the Army develop an integrated computer network defense in its IT transformation
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DOD sizing up financial chaos
Contract to develop a financial management architecture is first step toward getting systems under control
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House passes Tech Corps bill
Legislation would allow IT managers in federal agencies and companies to swap jobs for six months to two years
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Official: More tech needed vs. terror
'We just don't have enough UAVs' in Afghanistan, the Army's senior intelligence officer says
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IRS on record pace for e-filing
Commissioner expects the agency to reach or even surpass its goal of 46 million online filers this year
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DOD faces transformation skepticism
Senators quiz Defense officials on the Pentagon's transformation efforts and funding
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Dems: Tech missing from INS reform
Reform legislation fails to address the agency's IT weaknesses, Democrats say
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Flyzik moving to Homeland office
Treasury CIO to advise Office of Homeland Security on information technology issues
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IBM to lead DOD financial plan
DOD picks IBM to lead the creation of a blueprint for fixing the department's troubled financial systems
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NIMA contractors gaining on feds
Director says agency is bringing back many retiring employees as contractors, contributing to trend
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House OKs simplified acquisitions
Bill would extend a pilot program allowing agencies to quickly award small contracts for commercial products
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EPA taps CSC for a $285 million data exchange project
The Environmental Protection Agency has negotiated a $285 million, seven-year task order for Computer Science Corp. to operate the Central Data Exchange, an electronic point of entry for environmental information required by EPA.
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Roster change
Ron Martin has been named vice president of aviation solutions and services at Unitech Inc.
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