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Harris joins FAA on A-76 bid

The Federal Aviation Administration will pair its in-house team with Harris Corp. to compete for Automated Flight Station services.

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IRS: IT plan back on track

Agency reduces projects, increases input

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Feds go tech

Employee survey: budget and leadership top management wish list

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Eye on newsmakers

Seven individuals who could shape the agenda (before the 2004 election changes everything)

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Collins: Force through moderation

Maine senator works across party lines to make headway on tough government IT issues

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Comings and goings

Comings and goings

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Eye on IT programs

Agency programs serve as test beds for the latest thinking in technology and policy

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Alabama county verifies OT with prints

Jefferson County's new system requires each worker to provide fingerprints for scanning when they clock in and out.

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Bush chooses DHS finance chief

Customs official Andrew Maner has been chosen as chief financial officer for the Homeland Security Department.

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Joint Forces offers new Web-based course

The Defense Department launched a new online course today that gives joint task force personnel a better understanding of joint operations and organizations.

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EDS wins $300 million outsourcing pact

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bid out a contract to manage 8,500 seats in almost 260 locations.

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IRS drops 'acting' from Powell's CFO title

Eileen Powell has been formally appointed the tax agency's chief financial officer.

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EPA, NSF garner management honors

The National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency received the Presidential Award for Management Excellence.

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Feds expect more competitive sourcing in 2004

Agencies are going to get serious about implementing competitive sourcing guidelines next year, a panel said.

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Study finds $70 billion in possible outsourcing

But market research firm Input also reported that uncertainties make competitive outsourcing difficult to predict.

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GAO urges better architecture leadership

On a scale of one to five, the average maturity stage of 93 agencies has improved only to 1.76 from 1.74 two years earlier, according to officials from the General Accounting Office.

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Marine accounting competition delayed

The Defense Authorization Act prevents the department from continuing with A-76 competitions until the Defense Secretary submits a report on the rule's effects.

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IRS to give CSC another chance

But the company could be removed from the agency's modernization project if things don't improve.

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Evans on security: At least it's improving

E-gov overseer says the federal government's security grade of D is positive because it's better than the F grades of previous years.

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Forman: management key to tech changes

Technology is shifting from proprietary systems to architecture, and government needs to be ready for the change, Mark Forman says.