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What's the Big Deal?
Arkansas is considering building a vaccine registry for adults so that doctors can quickly check if an Arkansas resident has had a specific shot. <a href="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/aug/10/push-adult-immunization-registry-considered/">From</a> the <em>Arkansas Democrat Gazette</em>:
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Parsing the New DISA
A variety of speech transcripts and slides released by the Pentagon on Monday called for <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100810_6184.php?oref=topstory>combining the Defense Department chief information officer ship with the Defense Information Systems Agency</a>, but various crystal ball folks I've talked to are still trying to figure out the end game.
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DHS Scraps Automated Hiring Tool
The Homeland Security Department has abandoned a technology platform that the agency hoped would simplify and accelerate its recruiting and hiring activities.
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Social media, parasailing donkeys and the news crisis
Blogger John Klossner is skeptical that social networking sites -- cartoonist blogs included -- are ready to fill the gap left by mainstream media.
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DARPA lays out bedrock R&D privacy principles
Some folks at DARPA have come up with a set of privacy principles that offer some hope that privacy could become a part of fundamental technology R&D, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
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VA to test paperless claims processing system
The Veterans Affairs Department will start testing a new paperless system to process disability claims in November.
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Census came in $1.6B under budget, Locke says
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today said there was a 22 percent savings in this year's budget for the 2010 U.S. Census.
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More Attacks on Federal Pay
Another <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm">article</a> in <em>USA Today</em> again claims that federal pay is significantly higher than private sector pay. Federal employees have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years consecutive years, forcing the compensation gap to double over the past decade, the article states.
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How would a federal workforce cap affect agency performance?
With budget deficits edging ever higher—and the overall economic recovery slow, at best—some in Congress are complaining the current growth of the federal workforce is irresponsible—and must be stopped.
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What would the CIO do in Gates' new DOD?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposes closing the current chief information officer's office. What shape should the role take in the future?
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House leaders raise financial reporting proposal again
Lawmakers back a bill nearly identical to a regulatory provision that Senate negotiators puzzlingly scrapped during last-minute talks on the reform law.
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Agencies could be prone to new kind of sophisticated cyberattack
The government should watch out for "man-in-the-browser" attacks that have been used to steal money from financial institutions, security expert says.
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Commerce reports $1.6 billion savings for decennial census
Officials attribute savings to good management and aggressive advertising.
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Former NASA administrator on crashed flight in Alaska
Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, who is now chief executive officer of EADS North America, is among the passengers on a plane that crashed in Alaska Monday night, the company said Tuesday.
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So Long NII
Defense Secretary Robert Gates made <a href=http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60348>official</a> the <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/07/bye_bye_nii.php>elimination</a> of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration - also known as the office of the chief information officer. At a Pentagon press briefing today he detailed cuts in the Pentagon budget to save $100 billion over the next five years.
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Do You Have Perishable Skills?
Who has a better chance of finding a job after being out of work for, say, six months? A software programmer (particularly in the health field) or a construction worker?
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency gets first female director
Letitia Long becomes the first woman to lead a major U.S. intelligence agency.
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Gates details plans to slash DOD budget
In his aggressive efforts to save money, Defense Secretary Gates is targeting a number of DOD offices and organizations, including one major command, IT infrastructure and several senior positions.
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