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Army shows Air Force the way on unmanned aerial safety
A series of mishaps involving unmanned aerial systems operating in Southwest Asia has Army and Air Force officials revisiting key operational procedures.
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Death of pay-for-performance: For better or worse?
Some feds say NSPS was a bad idea from the start, but others say it was a good idea gone sour.
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Family members charged with selling counterfeit computer chips
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State to award social networking grants in Middle East, Africa
New project attempts to build democracies in a less confrontational way and support a long-term movement for more representative government in those regions, scholar says.
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GAO: Treasury improves financial bailout program communications
But critics say the department doesn't show more important data such as how recipients have used the funds and how much the investments are worth.
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Report: Identity theft is more prevalent than IRS data shows
GAO recommends stronger performance measures to assess whether fraud-detection initiatives are effective.
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A Transition Council - That's the Ticket
The Defense Department has spent almost $1 billion to develop as new personnel and pay system called the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System, or DIMHRS. And what has it got? Bubkes, said Congress in its final version of the <a href=http://armedservices.house.gov/>fiscal 2010 Defense authorization act</a>, which a Senate-House conference approved on Wednesday.
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While security clearances speed up, quality lags, GAO says
Although OPM and DOD have made significant progress in improving the timeliness of the personnel security clearance process, agencies still need to improve the quality of clearance investigations, according to GAO officials.
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NASA awards 152 small-biz research contracts
NASA awards contracts to 126 small businesses worth $91 million for research projects in areas including technology to monitor the health of space crews and transmitters for deep space communications.
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Federal Benefits Roundup
Several key federal employee provisions are included in an agreement between the House-Senate conference committee working on the fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill. The committee's report of the final legislation, released on Wednesday, includes a provision that would allow employees in the Federal Employees Retirement System to credit their unused, accumulated sick leave toward retirement. Currently, FERS employees receive 13 use-or-lose sick days per year. The provision puts FERS employees on par with those in the Civil Service Retirement System, which generally includes those hired prior to 1984.
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Navy lays course for Second Fleet migration to NMCI
The Navy’s Second Fleet Commander will use the Navy Marine Corps Intranet to support its newly established Maritime Operations Center in a move to further collaboration and boost cybersecurity capabilities.
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Hill outlines new acquisition IT practices for Defense
Congress also cuts Military Health Systems' technology budget until it can improve its project management.
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