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Agencies should plan now to enable IPv6 on public-facing servers
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IRS pays millions in interest for delays in processing high-dollar refunds
Inspector general finds the agency has been slow in following recommendations that could reduce the $63 million in interest paid on refunds that exceed $10 million each.
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Meyerriecks Intel Acquisition Director
Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, <a href=http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20090917_release.pdf>announced</a> on Thursday that he selected Dawn Meyerriecks, a former AOL executive and former chief technology officer at the Defense Information Systems Agency, as the new deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology.
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Ft. Huachuca Does It Manually
Most technologically advanced organizations monitor and log traffic on network servers automatically. That's not the case at the Army's <a href=http://www.huachuca.army.mil/site/Visitor/index.asp>Fort Huachuca</a> in Arizona.
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DHS Launches Web-Based HR Tool
The Homeland Security Department has launched a new IT platform that simplifies and accelerates its recruiting and hiring activities. The agency touts the tool, called TalentLink, as a means to help subcomponent agencies reduce their time to hire, improve the quality of candidate referrals and better manage and onboard new staff. The tool also uses electronic routing and approvals, automates the rating and ranking process and standardizes vacancy announcements using plain language.
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The Future of Work
The IBM Center for the Business of Government this week is hosting on its Web site a <a href="https://www.collaborationjam.com/">Collaboration Jam</a>, which brings together business leaders, technologists and visionaries to discuss the future of work. Participants can weigh in on seven forward-looking discussion topics, including collaborative business process management, the future of teamwork, healthcare, the generational divide, and work in the year 2020. While participation in the online event is restricted, I thought I'd share some of the top buzzwords that IBM has compiled using a text-mining tool:
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The quick, cheap path to innovation
Inexpensive prototypes make it feasible to test new ideas and get user feedback.
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The case for award-fee contracts
Award fees lead to better work from contractors — as long as they are clearly defined.
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Agencies should plan now to enable IPv6 on public-facing servers
As the pool of IPv4 addresses dries up, agencies need to begin planning now for an Internet whose growth will be in the IPv6 address space, according to American Registry for Internet Numbers President John Curran.
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Government needs smarter IT to oversee bailout, financial overhaul
Information systems that aggregate data on troubled areas of the financial system could strengthen oversight, says industry and open government advocates.
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Agents crippled by tech deployment delays along Southwest border
Border Patrol must rely on old, unreliable equipment to protect crossings and reduce illegal immigration.
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