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GSA gets 55 percent of IT buys
For the first year ever, agencies bought more than half of their computer systems in fiscal 2002 through the GSA's schedule system
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DLA tinkers with its modernization
A Defense Logistics Agency program designed to provide faster access to military supply information will take four months longer to complete and will cost $36 million more than planned
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Navy purchase cards hacked
Defense Department officials said last week that hack attacks compromised about 13,000 Navy purchase cards
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Fed funding essential for supercomputing
Appropriate and sustained federal funding is essential to the future of supercomputing in the United States, according to an interim report published by the National Research Council.
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DataPower offers freebies
The developer of XML network infrastructure is partnering with a systems integrator and offering free samples
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USDA implements CCE help desk
The Agriculture Department has implemented help desk support for agencies in the Common Computing Environment.
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National Weather Service awards $48 million contract
RS Information Systems will tech and science-related services at National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.
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VA to adopt outside security solutions
The Veterans Affairs Department's largest security project to date will rely heavily on solutions developed by other agencies
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Boeing lands Air Force deal
The aerospace company won a $126 million deal to build a test platform for the Air Force's E-10A command and control program
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Spawar awards two support contracts
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (Spawar) in Charleston, S.C., hired M.C. Dean and Eagan, McAllister
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DCIS to start fall tests
DOD agencies this fall will start testing a cross-credentialing system that would give employees and contractors a single access card for any Defense facility.
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Housing agency awards tech management contract
The Federal Housing Finance Board will move its data operations and hand over the reins for its tech management services.
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Agencies craft small-biz sequels
Two of the most lucrative governmentwide small-business contracts will soon expire, and agencies released solicitations for their successors last week
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OMB clarifies A-76 challenges
Federal employees and others can challenge the omission or inclusion of particular jobs in an agency's list of commercial activities after all.
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Feds choose e-travel vendors
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Carlson Wagonlit Government Travel Inc. will provide Web-based travel management for the federal government
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Research arm puts lid on contracts
The Homeland Security Department's research arm wants to conceal U.S. security gaps.
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Chapman outlines HHS priorities
Departmentwide tech consolidation and a common e-mail system are top priorities, according to the agency's chief information officer
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US-VISIT to get Lockheed bid
Lockheed Martin will lead a team bidding on the prime integrator contract for the government's planned system for tracking foreign visitors in the United States.
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Report: GSA misused tech funds
The agency's inspector general says an arm of the General Services Administration misdirected $37 million in IT funds to pay for construction work
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