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Boutelle: Army warfighting, business mission areas must be interoperable
The leaders of the Army’s nine warfighting and business mission areas must prove programs within their domains are interoperable or those programs will be cut, said CIO Steven Boutelle.
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OMB: Agencies to implement IPv6 by June 2008
The Office of Management and Budget plans to set a deadline of June 2008 for all government agencies to transition their network backbones to IP Version 6. Once network backbones are running the new protocols, applications and connecting networks will be brought up to date.
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DHS tests RFID technology for foot, vehicle traffic at entry points
The Homeland Security Department plans to install antennas at five locations to detect RFID chips embedded in travel documents carried by international visitors passing through U.S. ports of entry.
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IRS search for public records access ends with ChoicePoint
Under a five-year contract, ChoicePoint will provide the IRS with access to its suite of custom data solutions. IRS officials will use ChoicePoint’s public records data capabilities to support customized data retrieval requirements.<@SM>
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Army drafts Accenture for financial-management system overhaul
The Army has awarded a $537 million contract to Accenture to develop a consolidated financial-management system for active, Reserve and National Guard units.
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Breathing new life into the e-postmark
Postal Service’s digital proofing business rubs some the wrong way
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Cyber Eye: For crying out loud, encrypt data at rest
The nation owes a debt of gratitude to California, which last year began requiring that companies doing business in the state notify consumers whose unencrypted personal data has been compromised. Because so many companies do business in California, the law has in effect become a de facto national requirement.<@SM>
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Complex pay systems slow some E-Payroll migrations
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Veterans Affairs Department are two of the agencies putting the government’s E-Payroll initiative behind schedule. But they have good reasons.
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Business transformation puts DLA in the know
Business transformation is starting to pick up steam at the Defense Logistics Agency.
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Recreation One-Stop finalizes contract award
The Forest Service has once again awarded a $97 million contract to ReserveAmerica of Ballston Spa, N.Y., to provide a single federal recreation information and reservation service.
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Called to Account
Over the past five years, agencies increasingly have left the General Services Administration’s Federal Technology Service holding the bag—a very large bag of money.<@SM>
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FRITB calls on SI International for call center, support services
The new call center will initially handle 30 percent of the call volume for the Thrift Savings Plan, and eventually will handle half of all phone traffic for the plan.
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New Jersey chooses ACS for electronic benefits deal
ACS will provide transaction processing, call-center services, account management, Web-based transaction inquiry, online reporting, retailer management for merchants and automated teller machine access.
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HHS seeking physician qualifications Web portal
The Health and Human Services Department is seeking industry information about developing a nationwide verification system for qualifications of health-care professionals responding to a public-health emergency.
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E-Government run amok!
In the first half of 2004, when the Environmental Protection Agency solicited public feedback for a proposed rule that would limit mercury output from power plants, it received almost 540,000 comments over the Internet.
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Forest Service again awards recreation contract to Reserve America
The Forest Service has reawarded a $97 million contract to ReserveAmerica for a single online federal recreation information and reservation service.
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Massachusetts Medicaid services deal awarded to Maximus
The commonwealth of Massachusetts awarded a four-year, $72 million contract to Maximus Inc. for a range of customer services for MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program.
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Census releases final RFP for 2010 door-to-door counting
The Census Bureau is in search of Field Data Collection Automation services for its population count to be conducted in 2010, as well as a dress rehearsal in 2007.
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Draft guidelines released for certifying PIV Card issuers
Draft guidelines have been released to help agencies verify that organizations issuing new governmentwide identification cards are up to the job.
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California agency selects Unisys for licensing, case management work
The state Department of Industrial Relations has awarded the company a contract to provide an automated licensing and case management system.
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