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The Cloudy Future of Federal Leadership
The Senior Executives Association released a <a href=http://www.seniorexecs.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Professional_Development/Research/Taking_the_Helm/Full_Report.pdf>report</a> on "Taking the Helm: Attracting the Next Generation of Federal Leaders." The group surveyed GS-14 and GS-15 managers to find out their attitudes about moving up to top positions in government, the Senior Executive Service, which includes some important tech posts. The bottom line can be found in Finding 5:
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How About a GI Bill Widget?
That's one of the best suggestions to come out of Wednesday's Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on the post 9/11 GI bill.
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Giving Health IT a Hard Look
More robust oversight of health IT and better reporting of errors are needed to ensure patient safety as the country's health care providers adopt electronic health records, concluded a <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/30235775/Health-IT-Policy-Panel-s-Draft-Letter-on-Patient-Safety-Recommendations#about">draft report</a>, released today, of an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology policy workgroup.
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Can agency systems handle new FISMA requirements?
New standards for reporting under the Federal Information Security Management Act are intended to further reduce paper, but not all agencies are well equipped to meet them.
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CIOs turns to portfolio management to get IT efforts under control
CIOs from the Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs departments and the Social Security Administration are looking to foster teamwork across traditional boundaries.
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Few VA claims examiners working on new program to process GI benefits
Officials assure Senate panel they will meet the schedule to install the software application to all processing centers by December.
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In ironic twist, Adobe takes on Apple for not being open government friendly
The creator of the PDF claims a strategy to block widely used programs on the iPad and iPhone conflicts with President Obama's transparency goals and undermines Internet-era innovation.
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From the Holocaust to Baghdad
Talking this morning with Air Force Maj. Jonathan Kusy, who works with the U.S. military advisory mission in Iraq, I had one of those moments that makes one pause and reflect.
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Obama Picks CMS Nominee
President Obama <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45067&oref=todaysnews>announced</a> on Monday his choice of Donald Berwick, a Harvard professor and president of the Institute for Health Care Improvement, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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