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Berry on Pay Reform, Telework
Alyssa Rosenberg writes at Government Executive that Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry is considering some significant changes to the federal pay system as well as the federal government's definition of a work day. In a speech at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, Berry emphasized the importance of recognizing, rewarding and promoting merit within the federal workforce, noting that "the cracks are showing" in the General Schedule pay system.
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A Virtual World for Amputees
Three virtual reality companies have started to develop an <a href=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102005423&newsLang=en>online world for amputees</a> with funding from the Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center.
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Training and Social Media Mind Meld
My former beat partner, Alyssa Rosenberg, <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/0909/091109ar1.htm&oref=search">highlighted</a> back in September a new effort by the Agriculture Department to incorporate social media tools into employee training. OhMyGov has an <a href="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/11/02/usda-to-incorporate-social-media-into-online-training.aspx">update</a> on where the program - called AgLearn - stands.
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Labor ISO five-year commitment
The Labor Department is soliciting proposals for a five-year support contract for a broad range of IT support services.
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Windows 7 upgrade 'hacks' not legal, Microsoft suggests
Microsoft has been trying to clarify details on upgrading to Windows 7 for individual users, but it's been a bumpy ride at best.
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Defense's space program weighed down by delays and cost overruns
Programs to build ground stations and satellites have been delayed as much as seven years and costs are estimated to increase by $11 billion from fiscal 2008 through fiscal 2013.
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Army abruptly stops rollout of electronic dental record application
E-mails do not offer a reason for the delay, but the service might be considering fielding an internally developed system.
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White House's online contests for feds have roots in Virginia
The commonwealth asked employees for ideas to streamline government and used the Web to post metrics for how public services are performing.
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FEMA needs better IT systems to cut risk of double-dipping, auditors say
Federal Computer Week
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Federal cost-reimbursement contract overview is a mess, GAO says
Federal Computer Week
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Ethics committee staffer leaks secrets on file-sharing network
Wired: Threat Level
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OPM Touts Info-Sharing Culture
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Friday sent a <a href="http://www.chcoc.gov/Transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalId=2585">memo</a> to agency chief human capital officers, highlighting a new training effort that will focus on the importance of information-sharing and collaboration between federal agencies and state, local, tribal and private sector partners. In the near future, Berry said, the information-sharing program manager would present its "Culture of Sharing" training and incentive initiatives to the Chief Human Capital Officers Council.
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