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FDA rolls out Web-based risk assessment tool for food, drug imports
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Veterans Health Administration runs competition for health IT ideas
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The Marine, J.D. Salinger and Service
Like many of my generation (I turned 66 on Monday), I grew up with the works of J.D. Salinger, not only <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>, but his short stories in <em>The New Yorker</em>, which I subscribed to for years, including when I was in the Marine Corps.
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On Patrol in the Snow
Jungle fatigues are not the best clothing for 26-plus inches of snow, but the Three Soldiers at the Vietnam Memorial seemed to weather the weather well on Sunday, in this picture taken by my pal Joe Mancinik, a Navy veteran attending The George Washington University, whom I mentor.
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Advice on Improving IT Workforce
The Obama administration's fiscal 2011 budget proposal laid out <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/02/2011_budget_includes_investment_in_it_workforce.php">several priorities for the federal IT workforce</a>, including hiring reform, boosting recruitment and retention, replacing retiring workers and implementing a governmentwide collaboration platform.
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Veterans Health Administration runs competition for health IT ideas
The Veterans Health Administration has launched a contest to see which employees and contractors can dream up the best ideas for improving its use of health IT.
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Data Mining: Government spending by the numbers
Predicting IT spending; the most vulnerable Web browsers; public satisfaction with federal Web sites on the rise.
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Organizations with large IT staffs are most apt to recruit via the Web
Social networking has yet to catch on as a hiring tool, but is likely to get more popular, a survey of CIOs finds.
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DISA telecommuters can work just fine even with more snow
Virtual private networks and distributed laptops support the majority of the agency's Washington metropolitan area workers.
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Feds could get access to advanced cloud-computing technologies
Government Computer Week
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Meshing of US and allied defense sensors gaining importance
Government Computer News
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DISA's Star Trek Communicators
One of the most tantalizing lines buried in the <a href=http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2011/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PARTS/DISA_FY11.pdf>fiscal 2011 budget request for the Defense Information Systems Agency</a> is a $102.8 million single item for a Senior Leadership Enterprise communications system.
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