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Brit Praises DoD Guidance Forum
Roy Wulff, Chief Information Officer for the British Defence staff at the British Embassy in Washington gave the Pentagon a "well done" for its use of a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090810_5115.php>blog</a> to develop policy within the U.S. Defense Department.
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Unrealized Vision in the SES
The Senior Executive Service is outdated and fails to provide a unified, government-wide cadre of federal career executives with shared values, a broad perspective and solid leadership skills, according to a new <a href="http://www.ourpublicservice.org/OPS/publications/viewcontentdetails.php?id=136">report</a> by the Partnership for Public Service.
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Panel backs phased-in standards for electronic records
A federal advisory group today endorsed the idea that standards for electronic health records should grow more detailed over time.
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Report: IRS should keep better records for research projects
Databases should include more information on timeliness and progress toward goals, IG says.
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VA prepares for flood of education claims under new GI bill
Agency has hired more examiners to handle the influx of requests anticipated during the next two months as tuition rates are set.
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IG reports detail abuses in hiring, travel, bonuses at VA technology office
Allegations revolve around "inappropriate personal relationship" between former CIO and another agency official.
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NIST releases guidelines for interoperable ID management credentials
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Juicy Reports on VA IT Shop Coming
The Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general has completed two reports (<a href="http://www.va.gov/oig/publications/reports-list.asp">listed here</a>) whose titles are ripe for tabloid headlines: "Administrative Investigation Misuse of Position, Abuse of Authority, and Prohibited Personnel Practices Office of Information & Technology Washington, D.C." and "Administrative Investigation Nepotism, Abuse of Authority, Misuse of Position, Improper Hiring, and Improperly Administered Awards, OI&T, Washington, D.C."
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Favorite bookmarks of Rising Star winners
Here are some of the sites that our 2009 Rising Star award winners identified as their favorite online destinations.
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Face-to-Face Buzz
Robert Behn, a professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, <a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/thebehnreport/August2009.pdf">makes a case</a> in this month's issue of his public management report that effective management - which motivates people to creatively develop effective strategies for producing better results - cannot be achieved through e-mails, conference calls, or telecommuting in your pajamas, but rather through creating face-to-face buzz. Behn also contends that people are more productive, creative and effective when they work closely together.
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