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House panel to probe FBI case file system

The head of the House subcommittee with oversight of the FBI’s budget has launched an investigation into the bureau’s troubled Virtual Case Files program.

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Alliant draft RFPs scheduled for release

The GSA will release the draft request for proposals by March 31 for its new Alliant and Alliant small business governmentwide acquisition contracts.<@SM>

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OMB: 2004 good year for E-Gov Act implementation

The administration described in detail the government’s accomplishments in implementing the act in a report to Congress.

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FDIC: What’s good for banks is good for e-gov

The agency that insures U.S. bank deposits says electronic banking has outgrown the single-factor password authentication most often used to protect accounts, a finding that could affect e-government initiatives.

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PBGC seeks e-records system

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the nation’s pension insurance provider, is seeking information to implement an electronic records management system.

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DHS, Justice launch federal data model

The Homeland Security and Justice departments have unveiled plans to work jointly on a common computer language that could become a model for agencies to use to share information.

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IG’s message to IRS: Secure all your e-mail

The IRS has a program that can protect taxpayers’ sensitive financial data when agency employees share it via e-mail; the problem is that not all employees use the encrypted messaging, a new inspector general report says.

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GAO list helps navigate rules for financial IT

The Government Accountability Office last month published a checklist of core financial system requirements to help agencies meet federal mandates.

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Davis questions security of Treasury site

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has asked the Treasury Department to make sure that it can protect personal information collected when people buy savings bonds electronically.

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IRS e-filing hits a midpoint record

Taxpayers are e-filing at a record rate, the IRS said today at the midpoint of the tax filing season.

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Can you hear me now? In Senate buildings, the answer is yes

The Senate has turned on an in-house cellular network that lets government employees place and receive calls, as well as check BlackBerry devices, from the bowels of various buildings.

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Three agencies must account for missed E-Travel deadline

Three agencies have until March 30 to explain why they did not meet the Dec. 31, 2004, deadline to award an E-Travel contract.

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Virginia elects Unisys for voter registration system

The state has awarded Unisys a seven-year, $8 million contract to implement a statewide system.<@SM>

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EDS wins Wisconsin Medicaid system deal

Wisconsin has tapped the company to build and run a new Medicaid system under a seven-year, $189.1 million contract.

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EDS to aid Pearson on student aid systems revamp

Under a $116 million deal, EDS will provide the enterprise architecture and application integration for Education's upgrade of its student loan program.

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On this day, the “E” in e-gov stands for excellence

Government and industry officials gathered this month at a Washington lunch to honor agencies that received Excellence.gov Awards for their e-government systems.

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GSA issues RFI for e-travel data collection, analysis

The General Services Administration and the Defense Department are looking for vendors to manage the data from all agency electronic travel systems.

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Social Security to collect personal data for Medicare drug plan

The Social Security Administration will collect and compare income, benefits and other personal information from several agencies related to seniors applying for assistance under the new Medicare drug benefit.

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Novell’s Hula says ‘aloha’ to open source

BOSTON—Novell Inc. will open source the e-mail and calendar functions of its NetMail enterprise collaboration server software.

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NIH accelerates posting of work it has funded

The National Institutes of Health is asking scientists to voluntarily make their biomedical research results available through the agency’s searchable database within 12 months of publication.