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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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Massachusetts Treasury tangles its checkbook

The Massachusetts State Treasury failed to reconcile its bank statements, establish proper controls over its systems and efficiently oversee its computer contractor, leaving abandoned stocks, bonds and dividends vulnerable to loss, theft and misuse, state auditors recently concluded.

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INS woes: Who's to blame?

Bureaucratus: Guess who processed the hijackers' visa paperwork? Not federal employees.

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Building from the ground up

The first step in assembling an information resource is to find out what information is needed

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Labor softens ergo stance

OSHA's ergonomic plan includes voluntary guidelines and research rather than a broad standard

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Women in IT group reaches out to feds

A Washington, D.C.-area professional organization hopes to bring federal information technology women into the fold

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Army plans new tech for recruiting site

While most of the federal government is cautiously testing the waters of online recruiting, the Army is jumping in headfirst

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Wanted: Better job ads

Editorial: Simply posting job vacancies online without other improvements threatens the goal to make the government an employer of choice

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DOD gets instant message

Secure messaging tool for defense collaborative software suite awaits approval

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IRS changes in store

IRS plans personnel changes in its multibillion-dollar modernization project

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Charting a new course

Navsea used innovative thinking to buy just the right software package for its e-commerce solution

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The Circuit

New Passports All Wet?; Less is more; Interior takes another hit; CIO leaves NIST's nest

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Intercepts

NSA breaks ground; Navy networks on command; Weakest links?

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Group sues for access to security documents

EPIC files suit stemming from concern that the Office of Homeland Security may be secretly developing elements of a national ID system

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Measuring e-gov

New government-funded metric will help agencies evaluate a project?s usefulness