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FEMA preparedness panel planned
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will establish a new National Advisory Council to provide advice to it on all aspects of emergency preparedness and response.<@SM><@SM>
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Agency contributions for e-gov projects to fall in 2007
Agencies will spend $27.7 million less on e-government programs in fiscal 2007, OMB reported Thursday.
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First Source contracts hit the street
DHS selects eleven small businesses to provide commodity IT products through the program, which could be worth $3 billion over five years.
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IRS 2008 budget steps up tax services transformation
The IRS advances its goal to improve taxpayer service and tax compliance through IT in the fiscal 2008 Treasury Department budget.
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IT budget increase impacts most agencies
The fiscal 2008 IT budget request is more similar to the administration’s plan for 2006 than this year’s.
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Funding request for retirement system just a start for OPM
The Office of Personnel Management’s retirement systems modernization program is the agency’s top fiscal priority in 2007.
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What’s in a name? GSA hopes USA.gov says it all
The General Services Administration is re-launching FirstGov.gov as USA.gov to improve the way citizens and others find the federal government’s information.
Modernization
The evolving role of the CIO
As the job changes, some struggle to climb out of the server room into the boardroom.
Modernization
NIST prepares to hash out new standard
Invites public input in upgrading cryptographic algorithm.
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IT budget request asks for increase of 3 percent to $65B
The federal IT budget would increase by about 3 percent to $65 billion under President Bush’s plan for fiscal 2008.
Modernization
Health info network takes another step
After prototypes share data, HHS gets ready for the real thing.
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Federal Web site introduces new analysis tools
Government watch groups can begin to expect more from ExpectMore.gov, the government-run site that reports on performance and progress of federal programs.
Modernization
Where CIOs boot up
Sessions prepare new IT managers for their three-pronged role as technologists, strategists and salesmen.
Modernization
Express bus
The PCI Special Interest Group has released version 2 of the PCI Express specification.
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OMB appoints new chairman for e-gov subcommittee
OMB has appointed the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness as chairman of the President's Management Council Subcommittee on E-Government.
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For HR LOB, GSA wants three core functions
GSA has laid out the specific functions a private-sector shared-services provider must meet to offer services under the Human Resources LOB Consolidation effort.
Modernization
VA, DOD to use standards to share e-health record systems
Interoperability standards will let the departments accomplish collaboration between their separate e-health record systems.
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Security, e-gov plans stymie some PMA scores
For the second time in a row, some agency scores on the e-government portion of the President’s Management Agenda dipped in the first quarter of the fiscal year.
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