FCW's The Week

FEATURE

• OPM’s best practices for COOP


• Keeping employees in the COOP loop

Buzz of the Week: Discussing Web 2.0 concerns using Web 2.0

GAO union optimistic about pay 
Other Management news:

Evans wins ACT’s Franke Award

• Find more information about the ACT/IAC awards.

Senior exec group urges changes to pay

Army official urges Lean Six Sigma use

CHCO makes major strides in five years

GSA, union sign telework agreement

New interagency contracts might need approval
Other Acquisition news:

Feds get more protest rights

Bill widens GSA choices for state, local governments

GSA: expand cooperative purchasing

Census management improves, but budget questions linger
Other Policy news:

USDA keeps livestock data public

Bill aimed at small-biz cybersecurity

Treasury offers benefits debit card

EPA seeks info-sharing ideas
Other Technology news:

OPM supplies HR line of business tech details

DHS enterprise network moves forward

DOD reassures users about e-mail privacy

From the Pages of…

Government Health IT

GAO: DOD falters in it use for mental health screenings

HHS seeks data on medical ID thefts

DOD puts medication formulary online

Microsoft: 7 patches for Windows

Enterprise redaction tool boosts security

DOD funds research into info sharing

Washington Technology

DOD plans rapid integration facility

Comings and Goings

Armstrong takes the helm at CBP

NMCI CIO joins Caelum Research

FCW FORUM

Editorial: Millennial makeover

• Good contracting requires boundaries


• Pro-telework policies are overdue


• Telecommuter tax hurts telework


• NARA IG is not ‘blasting’ agency

MANAGEMENT

Back to square one on clearances
Joint Security and Suitability Reform Team focuses on factors that cause delays and create backlogs

• Q&A with OPM's Kathy Dillaman


• Read the report on Security and Suitability Process Reform
  

ACQUISITION

Agencies must rate themselves
OFPP wants agencies to use financial-style rigor to review their acquisition activities

• Get the details about the Office of Management and Budget’s new policy that requires agencies to review how they buy things.

TECHNOLOGY

Adventures in Web 2.0
Federal IT pioneers discuss what new online collaborative tools mean for the government.
 

POLICY

Bush leads biometric push
A new presidential directive requires agencies to create standards for sharing biometric data.

POINTERS: RECOMMENDED READING

FCW points you in the direction of interesting blogs, Web sites and products dealing with all things information technology.

• A NASA CIO joins the blogosphere


• Government of the future


• 10 social-networking security trends to watch


• Star Trek: The Cake

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