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Cost of Selling 'Net Monitoring to Iran
In the case of Siemens Medical, the answer comes out to at least $267 million, the value of the <a href=http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3995>three-year contract</a> the Defense Department awarded the company in March for radiology systems.
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Latest to the Greatest
I tuned in on Tuesday to the intergenerational workshop headlined by Energy Department researchers Sean Clayton and Jeffrey Vargas. (Alyssa Rosenberg and I highlighted their work in the July 2008 <a href="http://www.govexec.com/features/0708-01/0708-01s1.htm">cover story</a> of <em>Government Executive</em>). The researchers noted that by 2013, members of Generation Y (aged 18-29) will represent 40 percent of the nation's workforce. As the government moves toward this shift, they said, younger workers should capitalize on their technological expertise. "Technology is your entry card," Vargas said. "It's the way you're going to get managers to listen to you and welcome you as part of the team."
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White House approach to transparency gains favor -- for now
Open government advocates praise administration for adjusting its process to gather public input, but still wait for Obama's final directive to agencies.
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Advisory panel recommends GSA ax price reduction clause
Group studying Federal Supply Schedules program says vendors should not be obligated to offer government lowest prices.
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A Cloud for the GI Bill System
At the Thursday <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090625_2930.php>hearing</a> hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee on the post-9/11 GI bill, Mark Krause, a Veterans Affairs Department program manager who works at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, said he is eyeing the use of cloud computing to host a spiffy new claims processing system for education benefit claims.
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Connecting the Chiefs
Federal Computer Week <a href="http://fcw.com/articles/2009/06/25/zients-ofpp-management-web-2.0.aspx">reports</a> that newly-confirmed Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients hopes to bring more cohesiveness to the federal chiefs community, mainly among chief acquisition officers, chief information officers and chief human capital officers.
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