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Section 508: Reconstruction in progress
Web technologies outpace accessibility law and require a major rewrite of 508 standards

Universal DOD portal faces setback
Air Force declares it won’t join Defense Knowledge Online until at least 2009

Evans: HSPD-12 program is not an unfunded mandate

GSA defends deal with Treasury

• Memorandum of agreement between the Treasury Department and General Services Administration (.pdf)

Intercepts

Circuit

Editorial: The devil's details
The SARA panel's report is a good starting point for the debate about the road map to a next-generation procurement system

Kelman: A missed opportunity

• SARA panel's recommendations
  [Source: Acquisition Advisory Panel]

Welles: Look ahead: 2007

Lisagor: My crystal ball gets serious

Public/private teams are a challenge for CIOs
Latest IT workforce configurations require
extra management attention and oversight

• ISO 20000
  [Source: International Organization for Standardization]
• ISO 27001
  [Source: International Organization for Standardization]
• IT Infrastructure Library

5 reasons thin clients deserve a fresh look
Cost savings, security and technology
advances make approach more viable

• Web extra: When thin isn't in

Workforce planning without the guesswork

• Web extra: Readiness, set, go

DOD learns transport logistics the Toyota way
Transcom imports Japanese automaker’s practices to manage its supply chain

Too successful for their own good

DOD says no to massive IT acquisitions
Large systems integrators will have a role,
but it won’t be to run proprietary systems

TWIC card, management costs rise as program gears up

• Transportation Worker Identification Credential Implementation in the Maritime Sector (.pdf)
  [Source: Transportation Security Administration]

Policy-makers weigh alternatives to GPS

• Web extra: How Loran and eLoran work
• DOT Request for Public Comments on Loran and eLoran
  [Source: Federal Register]
• U.S. Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Policy (.pdf)
  [Source: OSTP]
• GPS Back-up White Paper for FAA (.pdf)
  [Source: Aviation Management Associates]
• Volpe GPS Vulnerability Assessment Report (.pdf)
  [Source: Coast Guard]
• U.K. eLoran Procurement
  [Source: Publictenders.net]
• UK eLoran Report (.pdf)
  [Source: International Loran Association]

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