Modernization
Auditor faults OPM accounting system
OPM’s financial accounting is not properly configured to provide intragovernmental balances, according to KPMG auditors.
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Telework could ease pandemic fears
Telework would enable people to keep working without face-to-face contact.
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Searching cyberspace for history
Historians and the National Archives and Records Administration are collaborating to monitor auction house Web sites to find missing and stolen government records.
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Military tests software streaming
A new platform will allow U.S. Air Forces in Europe to centralize IT management, lower costs and improve security.
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Hite says lack of EA no barrier to Sentinel
GAO's Randy Hite said the FBI should proceed with building its data management system even though its new enterprise architecture is not complete.
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DiPentima joins SRA board
Gail Wilensky, a senior fellow at an international health education foundation, was also elected to the board.
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Careerist at State Department named CIO
James Vanderhoff began his information technology career as a communications electronics officer.
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Some at Los Alamos unhappy with UC contract
Employees say the University of California should not be allowed to continue managing the lab in light of recent scandals.
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South Carolina gets a new CIO
Jim Bryant will oversee nearly 300 employees and a budget of more than $66 million.
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GAO to DHS: Directorate must avoid favoritism
The Science and Technology Directorate must ensure that managers don’t award research contracts to only a few select organizations, a GAO report states.
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UC/Bechtel to manage Los Alamos
The Energy Department awarded a contract worth as much as $558 million to a team led by the University of California and Bechtel National to oversee the lab.
Modernization
IRS awards $36M CADE task order
CSC will work on the next phase of the IRS' business systems modernization program.
Modernization
Bush to name DOD acquisition, technology deputy
The president intends to nominate James Finley.
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USPTO to let examiners work at home
Officials said the agency must offer alternative work arrangements to attract and retain high-quality employees.
Cybersecurity
IG cites Energy cybersecurity weaknesses
He adds in new report that department officials are working on improving them, however.
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IRS to cut back phone service
The agency plans to reduce the number of hours its toll-free phone service is available from 15 to 12 hours a day.
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Meagher to be Veterans Affairs CTO
Ed Meagher, the VA's deputy chief information officer, will fill a position that has been vacant since September 2003.
Cybersecurity
NIST releases biometric data specs
The specifications include interoperable standards for storing data extracted from fingerprint images.
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Va.'s gov-elect appoints tech czar
Aneesh Chopra served on the Governor's Electronic Health Records Task Force.
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