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DHS teaches lawsuit protection

Officials will hold seminars to explain to vendors how to get certified to limit their liability for anti-terrorism technology sold to the government.

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HSARPA unveils first research project

Agency officials want to know more about detection systems for biological and chemical countermeasures.

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State Dept. adds $28 million to SI pact

The State Department has raised the ceiling on SI International's 5-year contract for the National Visa Center to $88 million.

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Chenega wins $500 million Customs contract

The company will maintain and repair inspection devices at U.S. ports.

Digital Government

McConnell hires ex-government execs

They include men with experience from the Internal Revenue Service, General Services Administration, Coast Guard and Office of Management and Budget.

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State may stretch deadline for scannable passports

Although the requirement was to go into effect Oct. 1, officials said many foreign passports are not yet machine-readable.

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Perry leaves the VA for industry

The CTO of the Veterans Affairs Department will take a job at SAIC, where he will join the VA's former CIO.

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EDS to run State Department's telecom

The deal calls on EDS to oversee the agency's domestic voice, data and video conferencing.

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Bolka named HSARPA head

The former Lucent executive will lead DHS' external research funding arm.

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The science of security

DHS' Jane Alexander is on the trail of new technology

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Securing the homeland: One container at a time

Agencies face the Herculean task of ensuring that terrorists don't use free trade as their next weapon

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Ultra-wideband dealing in arms

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Licking the virtual envelope

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Evans takes e-gov helm

OMB's revolving door still spinning as Lorentz, Styles return to private sector

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Lorentz to leave OMB

The Office of Management and Budget's chief technology officer will take a job in the private sector.

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Evans: E-gov more than automation

E-government is about providing better services to the public and using technology to make life better, Karen Evans said.

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Evans named new E-Gov chief

The White House has tapped Energy Department CIO Karen Evans to replace recently departed e-gov czar Mark Forman

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Nader pushes for contract info online

Ralph Nader thinks the government should publish federal contracts electronically for public purview.

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Measuring Americans' trust in government and technology

Federal Computer Week and the Pew Internet & American Life Project have conducted research on the federal government and the Internet

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Surprising percentage of public fears cyberattacks

Most Americans want corporations to share cyber information with feds