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Panel to probe contractor systems, subcontracting arrangements
Commission on Wartime Contracting will hold hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday looking into issues that emerged during research for an interim report.
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Inspector general questions Energy technology transfer program
Illinois lab's award of exclusive license for chemical monitoring system appeared to favor subcontractor.
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General Eyeing Top Doc Job?
I'm picking up medium strength signals that retired <a href=http://www.health.mil/bioDetail.aspx?ID=4>Army Gen. Elder Granger</a>, who served as program executive officer for the TRICARE management activity in the Military Health System, would really like to become the next assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, replacing Dr. S. Ward Casscells, who <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090430_7776.php>retired this April</a>.
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Training IT Workers On the Cheap
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/340583/6_ways_to_train_your_employees_on_the_cheap?taxonomyId=10&pageNumber=1">Computerworld</a> has the goods on how organizations can offer their information technology workers valuable training, even when budgets are tight. While the article is aimed at the private sector, I think there's some valuable advice for training federal IT workers as well.
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Point-Counterpoint
Examiner.com is running a <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-3040-Life-in-the-Cubicle-Examiner~y2009m8d6-PointCounterpoint-preview-James-Hamilton-vs-Dudley-B-Dawson">series of debates</a> about generational issues in the workplace. Over the next four weeks, James Hamilton and Dudley B. Dawson, both workplace reporters, will go head-to-head on issues such as Generation Y's impact on the workplace, employee loyalty, flexible work schedules and pay. The readers decide the winner of each topic. I plan to give my two cents, and I'm anxious to see which writer comes out on top.
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Araujo prescribes technology to improve CDC's outcomes
Rising Star John Araujo is in a unique and cross-disciplinary niche as he advances the role of IT at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Ephraim Lo
Lo researched methods for automating the initial identification and basic analysis of signals of interest collected via a variety of Air Force systems.
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Defense asks the public for help forming social media policy
Pentagon launches a first-of-its-kind blog to ask individuals their opinions about what stipulations the military should put on sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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