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Here comes the judge!
Senators seek to quash HSD data mining
Three senators want a moratorium on data mining activities by the Defense and Homeland Security departments until Congress can review the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Total Information Awareness program.
Ridge pledges data merger
In his nomination hearing today before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, Homeland Security secretary-designate Tom Ridge pledged to blend the government's immigration and law enforcement databases.<br>
System revamp stalls NASA travel reimbursement
NASA's implementation of a new core financial will suspend travel voucher payments for headquarters employees for nearly three months while specialists install the new software and convert data from legacy systems.
State and local IT projects face serious budget pinch
With state and local governments facing severe deficits, the prospects for expansive IT spending likely will continue to be bleak.
Possible war, terrorist threats shape Defense IT agenda
As the Bush administration and civilian agencies finesse the government's citizen-centric focus, the Defense Department this year will continue to push forward with leading-edge technology initiatives.
Fledgling HSD pecks at its shell
The Homeland Security Department showed signs of quickening life during the early days of the New Year, in a foreshadowing of its ambitious IT agenda.
NASA orders partial freeze on IT purchases
NASA has imposed a partial IT buying freeze to gain more control over systems acquisitions, according to internal memoranda and agency staff.
Cox to chair new House homeland committee
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has selected Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Ca.) to be the chairman of the new Select Committee on Homeland Security. <br>
Senate fray stalls homeland funding
Delays in negotiating the committee structure of the Senate have stalled the reprogramming of $125 million that would provide seed money for the Homeland Security Department.<br>
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In cold interiors, computer-generated heat can be as welcome as information. One such place is Cheyenne Mountain, run by the Air Force's 21st Space Wing near Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 1,000 workers inside the hollowed-out mountain staff a control center for missile launches worldwide. They use lots of computers.
Commerce: IT architecture will reflect bureau structure
An old saying in Washington likens the Commerce Department to Noah's Ark because it has one delegation from each species.
Bush taps Cooper for homeland CIO
President Bush plans to appoint Steven I. Cooper, now CIO of the Homeland Security Office, to be the CIO of the Homeland Security Department.<br>
GAO: Check INS buys
The Justice Department failed to properly oversee IT projects at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
EPA's technology chief moves to industry
Debra Stouffer, chief technology officer of the Environmental Protection Agency, is joining join DigitalNet Inc. of Bethesda, Md.<br>
House set to create new homeland oversight panel
House Republican leaders plan to form a select committee to oversee the new Homeland Security Department.<br>
NASA orders IT procurement freeze
NASA has imposed a partial IT buying freeze to gain more control over systems acquisitions.<br>
Fed sites hacker could spend a decade in jail
William Douglas Word, the Alabama man who pleaded guilty to defacing government Web pages, faces up to 10 years in prison.<br>
States, D.C. vie to host homeland department
Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are lobbying hard to become the site of the Homeland Security Department's headquarters.<br>
Interior gets new CTO
John Branan, formerly chief computer scientist at the Patent and Trademark Office, has become the Interior Department's new chief technology officer.<br>
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