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The aftermath of 9/11 and the massive government reorganization that created the Homeland Security Department in 2003 created new opportunities for government contractors.
September 06, 2011 -
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The Office of Personnel management is promising a completely revamped version of its centralized hiring website by next month. A 3.0 version of the USAJobs.gov site will launch on October 13, taking the system from a closed, proprietary architecture to one that can integrate with the HR systems of various federal agencies. OPM says that\'ll improve agencies recruiting programs and let them do a better job of communicating with job applicants. USAJobs will be offline for a week in early October while OPM transitions to the new site.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has just launched a new portal site that will let the open source software community build on and improve its existing electronic health record system. VA will soon release the source code to its Vista health record system through the Freedom of Information Act on the new site, OSEHRA.org. The Open Source Health Record Agent will act as the custodian for the code, and coordinate any improvements made either by VA developers or by the open source community.
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Arlington National Cemetery\'s current system of burial records is a hodgepodge of paper index cards, digital data and scanned images. To create the cemetery\'s first unified database, the Army is deploying soldiers equipped with iPhones. They\'re photographing each and every headstone on the cemetery grounds. And analysts are combining those photos with existing records to create Arlington\'s first authoritative data source for burial sites. The first phase of the project is expected to be finished in October.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency is working to transform the way military members, civilians and contractor users access national security computing systems. Instead of having to administer accounts on various, dispersed systems with millions of separate usernames and passwords, DISA is creating a system of attribute based authentication. It would automatically grant users access based on their secure identity credentials, and their need to get into a particular data system.
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The General Services Administration says the section of its website that includes information on per diem reimbursement rates is among its most highly trafficked. So the agency decided to create a mobile application to display the same information. It includes government reimbursement rates for lodging, meals and incidentals. The agency is exploring the idea of letting the app automatically detect a user\'s location and provide local rates. It\'s available for iPhone and Blackberry right now. Android is next.
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The Energy Department has just redesigned and relaunched its main website, using free, open source software. The new edition of Energy.gov was designed using the Drupal content management system. The Department says not only does it support hosting on a cloud-based back end infrastructure, it will also let Energy do a better job of engaging with visitors to the site. It includes new features that give users localized information and resources about saving energy and other topics.
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The Army is planning a 2012 release for a major information technology contract. Request for proposals are set for the second quarter on the 10-year, $5 billion dollar IT Enterprise Solutions-3 Hardware contract.
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DHS is advising cyber staffs in the public and private sectors to watch for attempts by the hacker group to recruit ideologically dissatisfied, sympathetic employees to its cause.
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The Air Force has awarded Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation a $50 million contract to evaluate the service\'s inventory of sensors. The Atlanta company will survey the sensor market and test how well different devices work and will also look at new ways for the military to use sensors.
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities\' Jared Bernstein, who previously served as Vice President Joe Biden\'s chief economic adviser, joined the Federal Drive with his take on what agencies should expect to come out of the 2012 budget process.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Marko Bourne, who previously served as a policy and program-analysis director at FEMA to discuss how the agency was integrated into DHS and how agencies can be prepared for tightening budgets.
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Dr. Casey Chosewood, a senior medical officer for Total Worker Health at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, joined the Federal Drive to discuss an upcoming federal-employee wellness symposium.
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On today\'s Federal Drive: Veterans Affairs announced it will release its open-source EHR code, SSA announces new rules on banned visitors and the USPS prepares to testify about its dire financial straits.
September 06, 2011
