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DOD close to e-records software standard

The revised records management standard will address how to deal with additional metadata, such as e-mail, and workflow requirements, alerts and timing issues.

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NIST to decide on standards for e-records

NIST will determine whether to make standards developed by the E-Records Management e-government project a governmentwide requirement, or just a guidance.

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Congress pressures agencies to improve E-FOIA compliance

House and Senate bills focus on improving the efficiency and transparency of E-FOIA.

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Survey: Agencies fail to meet E-FOIA mandate

Only one-fifth of agencies fully comply with the law by providing access to four categories of records, according to a recent survey by the National Security Archive.

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Data management a growing challenge for Army

The service is discussing data consolidation for back-office operations and considering whether it should build one megasystem or multiple systems focused on specific functions.

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GAO urges DOD to better regulate inventory lead times

Defense Department agencies regularly miss estimates on the lead times needed for acquiring spare parts, needlessly tying up billions of dollars, GAO found.

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Patent review 2.0: Peers to examine applications

USPTO will start testing a program in which anyone can volunteer to help review applications for some technology patents.

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Katrina subcontracting plans incomplete, GAO finds

The recording problems have raised the ire of Sen. John Kerry, who requested that agencies send guidance to their procurement offices about better tracking data.

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SmartBuy seeks info on e-records management system

The system must produce queries and reports on the data, index content and archive records, while destroying it when necessary, a FedBizOpps notice states.

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GPO to look at new composition system technologies

GPO will need technologies that modernize data input, content, formatting and user interfaces, and integrate with its Future Digital System.

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HUD creates online housing locator for disaster assistance

The locator lets users set search criteria to locate available housing in a one-stop shop environment.

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GAO: IRS modernization still needs improvement

The agency has yet to implement some controls and capabilities related to requirements, development and management, and post-implementation reviews of its BSM program.

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Science.gov's search goes deeper

The government repository for science information has been updated with a new feature that allows for deep document searching.

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More than 1 million individuals' data at risk

The VA says the missing portable hard drive used by an employee at a VA medical facility may have held sensitive information on half a million individuals and more than 1 million physicians.

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GPO requests enhanced technology information for FDsys project

GPO intends to create a system to allow government content to be created and managed in perpetuity, using technologies that are independent of specific hardware and software platforms.

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In-Q-Tel invests in StreamBase Systems

The CIA-funded venture capital firm sees intelligence value in StreamBase's complex event processing software.

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Sprehe: Embracing data

New Air Force information management policy is a step toward preserving institutional memory.

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20 things in 20 years that changed government IT

Read about Raines' rules and other flashpoints in FCW's first 20 years.

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IRS taps Avineon to facilitate lien dissemination

This is Avineon’s first win under its Treasury Information Processing Support Services-3 contract.

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IBM wins Texas data center pact

The $863 million contract is part of the state’s plan to create a shared technology infrastructure.