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Wilson P. Dizard III

Digital Government

FBI, DHS plan big IT buys

The Homeland Security Department and the FBI have launched major procurement projects for IT support services and a case management system, respectively.

Cybersecurity

Authorization bill adds DOJ privacy officer

The House Judiciary Committee has cleared a version of HR 3402, the Justice Department authorization bill for fiscal 2006, that for the first time includes provisions for a privacy officer under the attorney general and for improved federal data-sharing with state and local law-enforcement agencies.