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December 2006

December 28, 2006
Coast Guard mandates e-mail phishing training

Panel sees need for acquisition workforce clarity
Pact aims to spark real-time 2-D/3-D Web visualization
CIOs find SLAs effective
Coast Guard releases work draft on automatic ID system
SARA panel: Boost competition through commercial best practices
Defense agency taps SAIC for WMD toolset
CSC announces $643M in third-quarter contracts
Los Alamos taps Panasas storage for supercomputer
Software raises hopes of finding sunken ship
GSA IG: Telework policies must be implemented agencywide

December 27, 2006
Contractors upbeat about VETS prospects

IDC: Market analysts might have overestimated IPv6 spending

December 26, 2006
DOD battles spear phishing

IAC announces 2007 leaders of Shared Interest Groups
SBA announces training for small businesses
Howell named acting CIO at Interior
SARA panel draft report: Key recommendations
Immigration IT modernization efforts face critical challenges
2006: A year of public humiliation for the VA
Contracting changes how businesses do business
NNSA supercomputer is world's second fastest

December 22, 2006
Labor seeks HRLOB provider

Deputy secretary Law to leave Labor after six years
DOD bars use of HTML e-mail, Outlook Web Access

December 21, 2006
SARA panel takes stand against T&M contracts

Doke: Presumptions and evidence of good faith
Madsen: Acquisition debate is welcome, but let’s stick to the facts
Treasury cancels TCE procurement
Large companies get larger, smaller firms smaller

December 20, 2006
Air Force micro-satellite to test tactical data comms

GSA revenues fall, FAS misses several 2006 goals
Survey finds support for commercial procurement practices
GTSI promotes five to VP
The Pipeline

December 19, 2006
U.K. launches procurement for GPS backup

Industry wants unified set of security standards
OFPP's Denett: Competition works
National Defense University takes systems off-line
IG flags Commerce security problems
GSA taps 40-plus firms for VETS deal
E-gov fee-for-service deals on the rise
SEWP stays with NASA; Doan upset by decision
USPS extends contract to HP
GSA to host second Networx summit
Perot Systems builds portfolio with QSS Group buy

December 18, 2006
Fee-for-service taking hold for e-gov: OMB

FDA seeks views for e-submission platform
Northcom pushes DISA for third U.S. teleport
Google Mars, anyone?
DISA plans second NCES buy in early 2007
Military, agencies to phish their workers
GAO: US-VISIT still needs work
EPA awards $10.5M task order to SRA
DHS clarifies its controversial MATRIX pilot
SiloSmashers gets new VP of business development

December 15, 2006
Neal Fox | GSA and DOD: new agreement, old mistakes

OMB to release metrics for 18 e-gov projects
GSA announces settlement in liability case
GAO: Agencies nearly out of time for IT exchange
House makes blogging easy
ITAA opposes withholding tax on government contractors
E-gov satisfaction score stalls, ASCI finds
Sade leaves Commerce for GSA
GSA schedule sales increase in 2006

December 14, 2006
Intel data protection levels to be standardized

Former GSA official Ed O’Hare to return
Connecticut town adopts e-mail service
Primavera Systems buys two companies
Security relies on policy, HUD CIO says

December 13, 2006
Former OMB chief architect Haycock to retire

Land Warrior will deploy despite budget cut rumors
Senate confirms new SBA deputy
University of Pittsburgh to manage lab space
Trace Systems to seek DOD, DHS wireless network sales

December 12, 2006
IDC: E-voting has long way to go

IRS taps Avineon to facilitate lien dissemination
Agreement may smooth GSA, DOD relationship
Northcom's new C2: collaboration and communications
DOD fields multilevel security environment
Postal accountability bill will modernize service
Va. to track sex offender e-mail addresses, IM names
Bush to name Harris chief to advisory committee

December 11, 2006
Strategic retreat

The rise of the contractor workforce
Government’s other IT workforce
GSAs proposed merger of policy shops may create political tensions
VA finally gets its IT all in one basket
Tom Pyke | A more secure IT environment
Secure business processes
Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy: Chief privacy officers stuck in the middle
IRS broadens Free File
GPO makes millionth e-passport
OMB score card neglects citizens, report states
CIO: VA is working toward gold standard in IT security
Survey: Most responders have interoperability

December 8, 2006
DARPA extends wireless revolution

Survey: Young people interested in government work
Illinois taps Gateway laptops
FCW parent buys Post Newsweek Tech Media
SBA, ASBL reach accord on FOIA suit
FTI delay leaves FAA paying for two systems at once
Lockheed Martin taps Linda Gooden as executive VP

December 7, 2006
Ecma International approves Office Open XML standard

Training event links IT with military, international partners
OPM gets new incentive to award incentives
Former feds decry cuts to Tech Administration
USAID, USPS sign AT&T deals
Cairo creates new government division
GSA continues to fill FAS posts
USPS tests technology to speed delivery
WiMax threatens DOD radars, officials say
DOD needs more than a few good spectrum managers

December 6, 2006
Report: Vendors don’t get your hopes up about IPv6 spending

IG: FBI's Sentinel program is on track
Verizon to provide voice for Forest Service
Court group deploys SPSS software
Lawmakers demand answers from Doan on proposed IG cut
FAA awards GTSI $63M contract
Army seeks digital coaches
SBA: Avoid negative cycles, find success
Interagency contracts need parameters, officials say

December 5, 2006
State, OPM team on clearance processing

Gates to continue Rumsfeld-style transformation
FBI needs to step back before moving forward, IG says
Managers don't encourage telework, study finds
Nasdaq grants GTSI filing extension
ITAA official criticizes SARA panel recommendations
DHS' IG office bustles in second half of 2006
NASA, space sector throw party for future space leaders
ACT/IAC donates $150K to house disabled vets
Denett expects to defend competitive sourcing
ManTech takes on protégé
Texas Guard goes wireless for rapid response
U.S. moves to protect spectrum

December 4, 2006
VA to consolidate IT staff under CIO

USAID taps AT&T team for Web upgrade
DOE to use Compusearch for procurement management
DHS wants software for purchase card training
GSA's Doan, IG struggle over money
Debra Stouffer joins McDonald Bradley

December 1, 2006
Private-sector shared-services providers must be FISMA-compliant

Smaller banks suffer Fed access delay
Doan proposes shuffling GSA's central office, policy shop
Navy Department makes it official, clearing way for deployment of WLANs
Boeing, Lockheed unite launch vehicle businesses
Agencies still struggling with performance contracts
China a major cyberthreat, commission warns
DataPath buys network management software firm
Indiana, IBM near $1B deal

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Writing the CXO playbook
Seasoned federal executives offer lessons for the next administration’s team of senior leaders.

Technology:

New bailout plans for archivists
Updated DOD records standard gets governmentwide nod as possible solution to a growing problem.

Policy:

Feds take counterterrorism local
New systems now undergoing trial runs could help resolve longstanding policy debates about information sharing.

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