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Special Ops awards network support
BTG wins contract that covers the Special Operations Command's communications network infrastructure
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GSA offers telework incentive
GSA is offering federal employees the chance to try telecommuting for free
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Army secures wireless LAN
The Army has selected a security solution to protect a wireless local-area network with about 85,000 users
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Lawmakers challenge Army goals
Senators challenge the risks involved in the Army's aggressive timetable for its transformation
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OPM will fund at least one e-gov plan on its own
The Office of Personnel Management is making an aggressive effort to find money for its five e-government initiatives approved by the Office of Management and Budget. In weekly meetings with Mark Forman, OMB’s associate director for IT and e-government, OPM is refining the goals set in the individual business cases submitted in December.
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Army allies with MIT for nanotech
MIT has been selected as the university-affiliated research center for the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
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New call goes out to split INS
Rep. Sensenbrenner pushes legislation and blasts agency's computer systems, management
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Purchase card revoked at Spawar site
Reports of waste, fraud and abuse include one person who used the card to pay for his girlfriend's breast enhancement
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DISA awards Encore services deal
Seven-year DEIS II follow-on goes to nine vendors and has a $2 billion ceiling; DISANet II goes to small business
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Online posting of Lincoln papers completed
The Library of Congress this month put the final pieces of the Abraham Lincoln Papers online.
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OMB soon to outline e-gov project action items
A report exposing the real guts of the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 e-gov initiatives—outlining project specific goals, objectives and action items—is scheduled to be released by March 31, according to senior administration officials.
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GSA grilled on e-gov role
House appropriators continue to probe the agency's central role in the administration's e-government agenda
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Make a date to get smart card
Air Force personnel soon will be able to go online to make an appointment to get a Common Access Card
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Search engine pegged at $10.5 M
The search engine selected for FirstGov may cost more than $10.5 million during the next five years
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Homeland alert levels defined
Here are the five Homeland Security Advisory System threat conditions, with the associated minimum suggested protective measures
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Homeland threat system released
Homeland Security Advisory System defines five threat levels and provides a template for government actions
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Digital MP adds facial recognition
The Army's military police officers have tested -- and soon could be using -- facial-recognition technology
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FTC eyes national do-not-call database
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a request for information for the creation of an electronic do-not-call registry for consumers.
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