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FEMA preparedness panel planned

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will establish a new National Advisory Council to provide advice to it on all aspects of emergency preparedness and response.<@SM><@SM>

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Agency contributions for e-gov projects to fall in 2007

Agencies will spend $27.7 million less on e-government programs in fiscal 2007, OMB reported Thursday.

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First Source contracts hit the street

DHS selects eleven small businesses to provide commodity IT products through the program, which could be worth $3 billion over five years.

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IRS 2008 budget steps up tax services transformation

The IRS advances its goal to improve taxpayer service and tax compliance through IT in the fiscal 2008 Treasury Department budget.

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IT budget increase impacts most agencies

The fiscal 2008 IT budget request is more similar to the administration’s plan for 2006 than this year’s.

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Funding request for retirement system just a start for OPM

The Office of Personnel Management’s retirement systems modernization program is the agency’s top fiscal priority in 2007.

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What’s in a name? GSA hopes USA.gov says it all

The General Services Administration is re-launching FirstGov.gov as USA.gov to improve the way citizens and others find the federal government’s information.

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Grants services pay off for ACF

Move to online system helps attract more customers.

Modernization

The evolving role of the CIO

As the job changes, some struggle to climb out of the server room into the boardroom.

Modernization

NIST prepares to hash out new standard

Invites public input in upgrading cryptographic algorithm.

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IT budget request asks for increase of 3 percent to $65B

The federal IT budget would increase by about 3 percent to $65 billion under President Bush’s plan for fiscal 2008.

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Health info network takes another step

After prototypes share data, HHS gets ready for the real thing.

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Federal Web site introduces new analysis tools

Government watch groups can begin to expect more from ExpectMore.gov, the government-run site that reports on performance and progress of federal programs.

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Where CIOs boot up

Sessions prepare new IT managers for their three-pronged role as technologists, strategists and salesmen.

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Express bus

The PCI Special Interest Group has released version 2 of the PCI Express specification.

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Incoming

The House Armed Services Committee will consider how to increase DOD's acquisition work force, which is too small because Congress has reduced it too much.

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OMB appoints new chairman for e-gov subcommittee

OMB has appointed the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness as chairman of the President's Management Council Subcommittee on E-Government.

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For HR LOB, GSA wants three core functions

GSA has laid out the specific functions a private-sector shared-services provider must meet to offer services under the Human Resources LOB Consolidation effort.

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VA, DOD to use standards to share e-health record systems

Interoperability standards will let the departments accomplish collaboration between their separate e-health record systems.

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Security, e-gov plans stymie some PMA scores

For the second time in a row, some agency scores on the e-government portion of the President’s Management Agenda dipped in the first quarter of the fiscal year.