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GovNet decision nears

Federal security experts soon will brief Richard Clarke on industry proposals for the secure intranet

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Calif. system pulls benefits data together

Officials overseeing the California Public Employees Retirement System are integrating data to improve service to the 1.2 million former and current state employees who receive retirement and health benefits from the program.

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Commerce posts contracting guide for agencies

To help agencies prepare to meet Bush administration performance goals, a team of federal procurement executives led by the Commerce Department is putting a comprehensive guide to performance-based contracting on the Web.<@SM>

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CIO defends DLA acquisition strategy

De Vincentis says DLA learned from its experiences and now conducts a model program

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DOD nears start of financial fix

Pentagon closes bidding Jan. 25 on a request for quotations to design the DOD financial management enterprise architecture

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Montana Web app will track disadvantaged business’ contracts

The Montana Transportation Department is now gathering contract payment information from disadvantaged business enterprises through a program on the state’s portal.

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DOD kicks off a departmentwide HR systems project

The Defense Department is moving forward with the development of a payroll and personnel system for the military’s active and reserve units that will replace dozens of legacy systems.

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DOD preps personnel system

Draft RFP posted for a streamlined human resources system that will replace 88 legacy systems

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Payroll is 24th e-gov initiative

OMB adds the consolidation of federal payroll systems to the group of high-impact, cross-agency e-gov projects

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OMB sniffing out system overlap

HUD's deputy chief information officer is on detail to OMB, looking for ways to cut costs and redundant systems

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DMV chiefs push for improved drivers license systems

A task force of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators is calling for improvements in driver’s license issuance standards to close security loopholes in the nation’s leading identity document.

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Cancer institute consolidates Web postings

The National Cancer Institute today launched a redesigned Web site at <a href="http://cancer.gov">cancer.gov</a>, proclaiming it a one-stop resource for information about cancer.

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Get along, little tax form

Texas today opened its online filing program for sales taxes to businesses statewide. The voluntary Web filing program, launched in 1998, has expanded gradually to include more and more businesses.

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GSA puts contracting tool online

The new virtual performance-based contracting guide offers a teaching tool for this method of acquisition

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DOD shown model for acquisition

GAO analysis shows DOD could save millions of dollars by taking a strategic approach to the purchase of services

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Roster change

T. Kevin Carroll was tapped this month to head the new Army Enterprise Information Systems office

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Teleporters hold a long-distance reunion

Lance Cpl. Jose Jasso stood at a Teleportec monitor in San Diego and talked with his mom, dad, wife, sisters and cousins in Dallas—family he hasn’t seen since he signed up a year ago and was sent to Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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Federal CTO to boost e-gov

Experts: Appointment shows White House resolute about e-government agenda

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A view from above

Remote sensing technology, which uses aircraft to gather data from the terrain below, landed a starring role in the recovery efforts following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks