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Check Your Paycheck
The Office of Personnel Management <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091021_4165.php?oref=topnews">announced</a> on Wednesday that they had successfully consolidated 26 payroll systems into four. At the pres conference about the consolidation, Linda Pena, associate deputy assistant secretary at Veterans Affairs Department, where employees had to replace a 1960s era payroll system, said most VA employees didn't realize the system had changed until they saw a different name on their paychecks.
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White House uses social media to get green ideas
White House officials want federal employees and military members to submit ideas for clean energy.
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Protests halt CSC's work on TSA infrastructure contract
Unisys Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. have filed protests with the Government Accountability Office objecting to the awarding of a $500 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp.
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Agriculture Department restructures management offices
None of the 2,800 employees affected will face layoffs, but some could be offered incentives to leave.
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Outside Washington, Recovery.gov gets high marks for ease of use
Some have criticized the way the site, which tracks the stimulus spending, presents data, but others say it is understandable and they grasp what can be learned.
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OPM claims victory in huge e-payroll system consolidation
Merging 26 networks, some as old as 50 years, into four will save agencies more than $1 billion during the next decade.
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The young trust government, not the market, to protect their privacy
By a large margin, those 35 years old and younger believe it's federal agencies' role to take the lead in protecting Americans' personal information, poll finds.
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Initial test specs for gov IPv6 compliance released for public comment
Government Computer News
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HHS faces hurdles on electronic exchange of medical lab results
Federal Computer Week
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What's at Stake in VistA Project
As I <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091014_6336.php>reported last week</a>, the Veterans Affairs Department <a href=http://www.iaconline.org/Pages/default.aspx>asked the Industry Advisory Council</a> for its help in modernizing its venerable, but more than two-decade-old, Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture, or VistA.
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Federal Pay Gap Rises In 2009
Alyssa Rosenberg <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43832&dcn=todaysnews">reports</a> at <em>Government Executive</em> that the gap between average pay for federal and private sector workers rose 1.25 percent in 2009, according to the Federal Salary Council. The pay gap increased from 25.71 percent in 2008 to 26.42 percent in 2009, with the largest gaps occurring in Cincinatti (4.52 percent); Sacramento, Calif., (2.82 percent); Washington (2.8 percent); Hartford, Conn., (2.63 percent); and New York City (2.61 percent).
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DOD budget forecast threatens new technology deployments
Personnel and equipment costs might cut deeply into key defense acquisition programs over the next several years, reports Michael Bruno at Aviation Week.
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HHS faces hurdles on electronic exchange of medical lab results
Medical labs vary widely in how prepared they are to use electronic medical records, according to testimony today.
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