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Linda Combs | OMB banking on financial upgrades
When President Bush nominated Linda Combs to be the next Office of Management and Budget controller, the confirmation process was almost second nature to her.
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At long last, it's Lockheed for electronic archives
The National Archives and Records Administration chose Lockheed Martin Corp. to build the $308 million Electronic Records Archive system.<@SM>
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Health IT standards body in the offing
Health and Human Services secretary Michael Leavitt this week will name the members of a public/private organization that will set standards for health care data exchange.
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SBA centralized crisis center to manage Katrina claims
Small Business Administration inspectors are waiting for instructions from a new, centralized disaster management center to assess damage and process thousands of loan applications from small businesses along the Gulf Coast.
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Education Department has big plans in 2006
At least four requests for proposals for IT systems are in the works, and a new system to give agency analysts more information about how school systems spend federal money is scheduled to come online.
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OPM launches Katrina Web site for feds
The Office of Personnel Management today unveiled a Web site to centralize information for federal employees affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
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USPS urges Katrina victims to e-file address change requests
Bracing for a historic number of relocations, the U.S. Postal Service is asking those displaced by Hurricane Katrina to use the Internet to file change of address requests.
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DOD to ship handhelds to FEMA workers on Gulf Coast
The Theater Medical Information Program is shipping handheld devices to Federal Emergency Management Agency workers to help them treat Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
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Energy Department using Web to collect price gouging data
The Energy Department is collecting information on possible price gouging at the gas pump through its Web site.
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DOJ cybersecurity effort aims for Center of Excellence status
The Justice Department will attempt to become a Center of Excellence for the Cybersecurity Line of Business initiative.
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Agencies, OMB pushing security requirements through contracts
As the new CIO of the Housing and Urban Development Department, Lisa Schlosser is on a mission to improve the agency’s cybersecurity.
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Illinois inks toll system deal with SAIC
SAIC’s Security and Transportation Technology business unit will provide equipment to upgrade the state tollway violation enforcement system.
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IRS requires professional e-filers to use approved encryption
The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency’s Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.
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Motivating career execs key to Labor's PMA top rating
The Labor Department’s management of its executive workforce was the foundation for its success as the first agency to achieve all green ratings on the most recent President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
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Transportation Department names Neff deputy CFO
The Transportation Department has named Lawrence Neff as its deputy chief financial officer.
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SBA taps McClam as acting CIO
The Small Business Administration has elevated Charles T. McClam to acting CIO.
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Labor Web site helps contracting officers with wage determinations
The Labor Department has launched a new Web site that should provide government contracting officials easier access to obtaining wage determinations.
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Hurricane Katrina jolts NOAA’s Web traffic
Traffic on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Web site has increased exponentially in response to public interest in hurricane Katrina.
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Report: HHS underwrites half of health IT exchanges
About one-half of all health information exchanges around the nation depend on the federal government for development funding through grants and contracts.
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OMB to put private sector in play on Lines of Business
OPM is the first big agency to move to shared-service provider.
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