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Commerce to consolidate financial management platforms

The consolidation is a preparation for moving to a financial management Line of Business, probably in 2012.<@SM><@SM><@SM>

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Denett lays out priorities for OFPP

OFPP nominee cites training, clear standards as goals.

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Doan: Restoring customer confidence is job one

The new administrator wants GSA to be the government’s premier procurement agency.

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OPM makes five security clearance awards

The awards are worth between $2.3 billion and $2.5 billion, depending on the investigative benchmarks reached and number of options exercised.

Cybersecurity

New HSPD-12 road map guides tech managers

IAC's document plots successful ID routes through the directive.

Cybersecurity

Wright named acting US-VISIT deputy director

Longtime federal official is U.S. team leader of the technical working groups for US-VISIT implementation for both the Canadian and Mexican borders.

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Argon ST buys defense wireless communications firm

The company paid about $41 million in cash for San Diego Research Center.

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GAO: Attack warning systems over cost, behind schedule

Air Force efforts to upgrade systems by fiscal 2006 have been plagued by a lack of oversight and poor management, the report states.

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DHS names new operations director

Roger Rufe Jr., a retired Coast Guard vice admiral, replaced Matthew Broderick.

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Doan names GSA's White House liaison

John Horton has worked at the State Department’s Office of White House Liaison and SBA's Office of International Trade.

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Raytheon buys simulation company

Virtual Technology Corp. built training software for DOD.

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FAR gives agencies EVM wiggle room

Agencies have discretion in determining when and how to apply earned value management, under the final acquisition rule.

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Doan: Employee buyouts not a first option

She plans to defer decisions about such offers to Jim Williams, head of the Federal Acquisition Service.

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Senators give mapping center a chance for survival

Congress seeks to keep the center in Rolla, Mo., which employs 130 people, open.

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Coalition objects to Alliant provisions

Coalition for Government Procurement wants GSA to change provisions regarding the way prime contractors will bill for subcontractors' work on the forthcoming Alliant contracts.

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Ridge joins Iridium Satellite board

The former DHS secretary "brings a deep knowledge of homeland security," the company's CEO and chairman said.

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Max Peterson out at CDW-G

The vice president of federal sales has left the company, effective today.

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Performance bill hearing emphasizes training

Two separate Senate bills offer new proposals for training managers and withholding pay increases from employees who don't do their jobs well.

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CBP wins award from GSA

It won the first Travel and Relocation Innovation Award for its work to relocate 15,000 Border Patrol agents.

Cybersecurity

Nicholson: Stolen laptop found

FBI analysts are trying to determine if the data was accessed, VA Secretary Jim Nicholson told a House commitee.