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• DHS awards networking contract, worth up to $1 billion 05/13/08 Verizon and AT&T beat out Qwest for OneNet initiative.
• From Nextgov.com: FBI partially blames procurement rules for fake IT products 05/12/08 Pursuit of lowest price and multiple subcontractors makes it easier for counterfeit hardware to end up on agency systems, increasing security threats.
• Internet fuels emergence of violent Islamist groups in the United States 05/12/08 Federal agencies have no comprehensive strategy to combat terrorist message, Senate committee finds.

• From Nextgov.com: Bill lays out stricter info security requirements for DHS 05/09/08 Conducting vulnerability tests against known cyberattacks and setting requirements for the CIO post would be part of a bill that fixes shortcomings in a federal security law.
• Coast Guard accepts preliminary delivery of national security cutter 05/09/08 New ship is the centerpiece of the service's Deepwater modernization program.
• From NextGov.com: NAPA launches collaboration Web site 05/09/08

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• GSA's draft acquisition system guidelines aim for standardization 05/09/08
• From NextGov.com: Navy changes course on IT outsourcing 05/08/08
• Less than 8 percent of port workers have new security ID cards 05/08/08
• From NextGov.com: GAO says $1 billion needed to expand employee verification system 05/07/08

• OMB plan to improve clearance IT gets mixed reaction 05/05/08
• Roots of surveillance standoff go back decades 04/29/08
• Pentagon urged to develop investment plan for space acquisitions 04/28/08
• Senate panel blasts problems with export control process 04/25/08
• DHS moves to ramp up cybersecurity in federal agencies 04/25/08

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