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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.
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.
House approves stopgap funding for 2007
The House has passed a $463.5 billion continuing resolution to cover the cost of running the government for the remainder of the 2007 fiscal year.
DOD awards $12.2b IT support contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded six major vendors the Encore II IT support contract, valued at up to $12.2 billion, to convert legacy systems to the Net-Centric Enterprise Services environment.
Democrats offer fiscal 2007 joint funding bill
House and Senate Democrats banded together to write a $463.5 billion measure to complete appropriations bills left over from last year.
Health IT certification expands
The organization HHS has contracted with to develop standard criteria for health IT products has certified about 25 percent of companies.
HHS funds $103M in Medicaid efficiency grants
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded $103 million to 27 states to fund new ways to improve Medicaid efficiency, economy and quality of care.
IRS awards General Dynamics support contract
The IRS awarded General Dynamics Corp. a contract to provide systems support for the Software Development Life Cycle project for its tax administration applications.
HHS seeks trial health IT network
The Health and Human Services Department will seek proposals in March or April for a contract to develop a trial implementation of core elements of a nationwide health information network.
Lieberman expands Homeland panel oversight
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) today named subcommittee heads and the formation of two new subcommittees.
Bush directs feds to be energy-efficient
Agencies should use environmentally sound and energy-efficient policies when they acquire electronic products under an order issued by the President today.
VA, DOD to develop e-health record system
Joint inpatient electronic health record will let doctors share medical data seamlessly.
Treasury, Illinois pilot federal-state tax payment system
The Treasury and Illinois Revenue departments are testing the ability of state business taxpayers to be able to pay their state withholding taxes at the same time as their federal taxes through a single system.
CDC awards $135m bioterror response contract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $135 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to continue providing logistical and operational support to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response.
Commerce uses encryption to help steel notebooks
<b>SPECIAL REPORT: Case study no. 1</b> | </font>Departmentwide data security software aims for ease of use.
GSA pulls Treasury into the Networx fold
Agreement provides reduced service fees and shared protester costs.
Waxman to probe Doan's dealings
Rep. Henry Waxman has requested information from GSA administrator Lurita Doan as part of an investigation into allegations about her intervention in proceedings to consider the suspension or debarment of major IT contractors and other procurement irregularities.
Treasury to receive Networx fee discount: GSA
The Treasury Department will receive a discount on fees for using the governmentwide Networx contract.
PTO may pay for teleworkers' Internet access
The Patent and Trademark Office may use its appropriations to reimburse teleworkers for their at-home high-speed Internet access.
Waxman names subcommittee heads
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has named the subcommittee heads and membership for his influential panel in the Democrat-controlled 110th Congress.
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