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Free app can help first responders identify chemicals
The National Library of Medicine has created software for handhelds that can help first responders identify substances found following a hazardous-material incident.
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OMB: 2004 was a good year for e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget is studying how to effectively use technology to enhance crisis management.
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Three agencies missed the E-Travel boat
Three agencies have until the end of the month to explain why they did not meet a Dec. 31, 2004, deadline to award E-Travel contracts.
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Oversight board: IRS ’06 budget will curtail IT efforts
The president’s fiscal 2006 budget for the IRS would shortchange business systems modernization just as the agency has notched some successes after several problem years, a new independent report says.
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DHS, HUD take first swing at HR service providers
The Human Resources Line of Business is getting its first guinea pigs.
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Users less pleased with federal sites
Federal Web sites are meeting fewer of the public’s needs, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index.
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Philadelphia Free-for-all
Brotherly love isn’t the only thing heating up Philadelphia these days. Just ask the city’s CIO, Dianah Neff.
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IRS extends e-services to more tax preparers
Tax preparers that file five or more returns electronically a year can make use of the tax agency's e-services, services previously restricted to preparers that filed 100 or more returns.
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Advisory panel recommends more federal R&D spending
The Presidential IT Advisory Committee has recommended a sharp increase in federal spending on cybersecurity R&D, with a focus on fundamental, long-term solutions to security challenges.
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Justice, OMB programs named semifinalists for innovation award
Justice’s Global Justice XML Data Model and OMB’s Program Assessment Ratings Tool are among 10 semifinalists for Innovation in American Government awards.
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Navy taps RGS for business process management, IT services
The Navy has hired RGS Associates Inc. to provide IT and other services across the Chief of Naval Operations division.
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Rep. Davis takes aim at privacy officer requirement
The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee has introduced a bill to repeal the provision requiring every federal agency to name a chief privacy officer.<@SM>
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GSA draft reorganization plan to be released in May
The General Services Administration says it will complete the first draft of its plan to merge the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service in two months.
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Another view: E-passports need security upfront, not later
The State Department is committing one of the classic IT blunders with its proposed rules for electronic passports—focusing only on functionality and ignoring security when implementing a new technology.
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IBM, Sun unveil utility computing services
IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have launched on-demand computing services where customers submit work to the companies and pay by the computer cycle used.
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Boost IRS funding to avoid system collapse, Oversight Board says
Funding for agency business systems modernization should be significantly higher to avoid a catastrophic collapse of archaic legacy systems, according to a new report.
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Army to issue RFP for ITES-2S contract later this month
The Army is expected to release a request for proposals for its $20 billion IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract by the end of the month.
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New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan
The debate over specifications for federal and contractor employee identification cards did not end with the Commerce Department’s release of the Personal Identity Verification standard late last month. Locked in a small room somewhere are federal and industry experts discussing technical details for biometrics, card interfaces and encryption requirements.
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GSA assessing charge card contractors’ security policies
GSA will review the security policies of the SmartPay contractors after Bank of America revealed it lost the records of 1.2 million federal employees.
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OMB to study consolidation of IT security functions
OMB will investigate whether some federal IT security functions could be provided centrally by agencies or commercial vendors.
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