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Navy halts Web site and portal investments
Before the Navy brings its IT infrastructure into the Defense Knowledge Online portal, service officials have to get a better handle on Navy Web site and portal investments.<@SM>
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Kathleen Kummer | Another View: FEA Records Management—meeting the challenge without total upheaval
Agencies can meet the new Federal Enterprise Architecture Records Management Profile requirements by establishing a central repository that manages the records management rules for content from multiple systems.
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San Francisco re-ups SAIC unit for travel info. system
The city of San Francisco has awarded a four-year, $11 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to continue development, operations and maintenance of the Bay Area 511 Regional Transit Information System.<@SM>
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GCN Awards Gala honors the people behind the projects
At last night’s GCN Awards Gala, hundreds of women milled about the Washington Hilton ballroom dressed in flowing chiffon gowns, diamonds and strappy high heels. Brig. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, attending the event via live feed from Qatar, was wearing desert camouflage. She was the best-dressed woman in the room.<br><a href="http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/42402-1.html"><u>2006 GCN Gala photo gallery</u></a>
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Visionaries and leaders get their due
The GCN Awards Gala honored 10 agency projects that demonstrated innovation and excellence, as well as this year’s government and industry executives of the year, and Hall of Fame inductees. Below are some comments from the evening’s individual honorees.<br><a href="http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/42402-1.html"><u>2006 GCN Gala photo gallery</u></a>
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'Con Air' upgrades safety, security
The U.S. Marshals Service has agreed to implement a series of security improvements recommended by the Justice Department’s inspector general for the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS).<@SM>
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IRS' integrated strategy for IT modernization
The IRS will implement its Business Systems Modernization in smaller increments and in a more unified strategy, according to agency CIO Richard Spires.
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NASCIO salutes innovative state IT projects
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has announced its 2006 Recognition Awards for outstanding achievement in information technology in state government.
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Federal managers look for where LOBs intersect
OMB poised to name new grants service providers.
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IT business cases going online
By mid-February 2007, agencies will have to post all of their Office of Management and Budget-approved business cases on the World Wide Web.<@SM>
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E-voting faces a test at the polls
NIST works on standards as debate continues over systems’ reliability.
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Gary Danoff | Another View: The future is now
Fast forward 10 years: Imagine CIOs “buying” agency service-level agreements from the prevalent IT utility of the day—the Federal IT Grid.
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Bush drums up support for PMA
President George W. Bush gave a pep talk to the President’s Management Council, reminding deputy secretaries of how far they have come and how far they still need to go.
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GSA flips FAS sign to 'open'
The Federal Acquisition Service is officially open for business.
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Data held by feds, vendors at risk
Federal contractors that agencies rely on for IT management services are responsible for many of the data breaches that agencies reported to the House Government Reform Committee
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SBA, OMB launch restocked, revamped Business.gov
Officials from the White House and Small Business Administration formally unveiled a revamped Web site that provides small businesses with a compendium of federal regulations information.
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OFPP, acquisition chiefs to study e-procurement
The federal government again will review the advantages and disadvantages of online procurement services.<@SM>
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