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How to empower your agency's heroes
With cloud services making it easy for employees to build their own solutions, it’s time for the tech staff to find a new role, writes Ted Schadler, vice president and principal analyst at consulting firm Forrester Research.
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GPO's bookstore
The Government Printing Office's Bookstore recently did a makeover designed to attract book lovers of all stripes. Here are some of the offerings that might appeal to science and technology aficionados.
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White House wants comments on nanotechnology plan
The draft strategic plan for the National Nanotechnology Initiative lays out a framework for research and development.
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Recommended reading
Habits of green organizations; What leaders are made of; Reining in stealth clouds.
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The best of the federal blogosphere
Walk for the Fallen: One 50-pound rucksack, 860 miles; NASA CIO: Leadership vs. management; TSA: A new era of Secure Flight; White House: Presidential Photographer's Scrapbook.
Modernization
EPA has problems digitizing documents, GAO says
The Environmental Protection Agency should finish writing a strategic plan and identifying its library holdings before continuing to digitize its records, a GAO report says.
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2 quick fixes for better programs
Oral presentations and post-award conferences can improve the likelihood of program success, writes Jaime Gracia.
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Feds at work ... in bunny suits
The bunny-suited techs work 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. PDT, Monday through Friday, so you're sure to catch them at work as they add robotic arms, a geology lab, a rock-vaporizing laser and lots of cameras.
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Google sues Interior Department
A spokeswoman for the Interior Department declined to comment on whether the procedure is unfairly favoring Microsoft over its competitors.
Modernization
White House proposes common security requirements for cloud computing
New standards would be accessible to agencies and contractors, and aim to expedite transition to universal Web-based services.
Digital Government
White House is set to unveil guidance on IT purchases
Strategy is likely to loosely resemble a Senate-passed bill requiring officials to alert agency heads, congressional panels and OMB of projects veering off course.
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Air Force and VA lead way on transition to Windows 7
Migration to a new operating system will require changes in internal agency applications.
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Analysis: A referendum on big government
Republicans sweep to control of the House riding a wave of anti-government sentiment.
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Guidelines would speed certification of cloud products, services
The General Services Administration released today security requirements designed to speed up the certification and accreditation of cloud computing products and services, and is taking public comment.
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