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Combat trauma theater
Virtual reality technologies are helping combat veterans overcome the mental wounds of war

General Services Administration: Never a dull moment (Slideshow)
Lawmakers intensified their oversight of the General Services Administration by summoning GSA Administrator Lurita Doan last week. But GSA has been regular fodder for Federal Computer Week cartoonist John Klossner.

Buzz of the Week: Caught in the crossfire

• Watch testimony from Lurita Doan's hearing.

Doan hearing focuses on improper politics
Waxman seeks information about whether GSA’s leader and others violated Hatch Act

With Networx in place, agencies are ready to roll

Circuit

Intercepts

Editorial: First, heal thyself
Everybody knows that the budget process is broken, but almost no one on Capitol Hills talks about it

• Read Editor in Chief Chris Dorobek's blog.
• Got something to say? Federal Computer Week accepts articles for its comment pages.

Wagner: Why GSA matters

Kelman: The return of the protest

• Read Kelman's blog, "The Lectern."

Nelson: Feds set right course on Vista

Miller: 7 ways to be collaborative

USPTO’s telework program sets the bar
Rigorous training and performance metrics are the basis for its success and expansion

HUD tells its HR success story

• Check out the HR Connect home page.

CIOs struggle to attract young IT workforce

E-procurement pays its own way
Strategic sourcing and e-procurement transform purchasing in DeKalb County, Ga.

Input forecasts only modest growth in IT budgets
Political climate could make agencies wary of undertaking new IT projects, Input says

OMB faces the metrics challenge

Injured soldiers battle disability claims backlog
Lack of standards for data sharing leaves veterans without money for expenses

• Read the Wounded Warriors Assistance Act (.pdf).
  Source: House
• Read the IG’s report on the Army Physical Disability Evaluation System (.pdf)
  Source: Armys

Security officials get a case of nerves about LOB

Taxpayer advocate backs IRS e-file portal concept

SoundBytes

Buzz of the Week

• Click here to find out what the word about town was or here to listen to a podcast of the Buzz from the April 2, 2007, issue.

Editorials: Submission guidelines

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Letters

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Community.gov

• What's going on in the federal IT community? Check out these photo galleries from recent events around town.

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