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U.S., Canada launch border initiatives
Countries have agreed to complete a joint threat and risk assessment.
Digital Government
VA ends financial management modernization project
Department will concentrate on smaller initiatives that have better odds of success and will make a difference.
Digital Government
Forward march: Army e-mail overhaul still a go
Army CIO Jeffrey Sorenson is working with the Defense Information Systems Agency to get enterprise e-mail off the ground.
Digital Government
‘Expensive’ older feds provide valuable mentoring resource
One of the recent posters to this blog, “Civil Servant,” makes a good point about the hard-to-measure value to new feds of those “expensive legacy employees”—long-time feds who really know the ropes.
Cybersecurity
Internet Filtering Gaining Traction?
Australia is in the midst of a heated debate over blocking websites citizens can view. The controversial ban has been postponed for a year -- conveniently after the country's elections -- so that an independent review board could determine exactly what controversial websites should be banned. Internet Service Providers have already agreed to block access to certain sites known for posting child pornography.
Digital Government
Gen. Mattis and Defense Tech
The warfighting philosophy of Marine Gen. James Mattis, nominated to replace Gen. David Petraeus as the next commander of U.S. Central Command, is to break down units into very small groups that have lots of autonomy that allows them to act very quickly. Gregg Grant, who covered Defense issues for <em>Government Executive</em> and now works for Defense Technology, <a href=http://defensetech.org/2010/07/09/mattis-may-get-chance-to-test-innovative-concepts-in-new-ao/#more-8173>writes</a> that under such a "decentralized battlefield . . . quality becomes much more important than quantity."
Digital Government
Big Health IT Rules Coming
<em>This post was written by Aliya Sternstein.</em> Expect many major announcements this week from the administration and its advisers
Digital Government
No Room for IT?
I'm in the process of analyzing the results of the <a href="http://www.fedview.opm.gov/">2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey</a>, and you certainly can expect more posts, particularly on telework and the generation-specific results of the survey, in the days to come. But one thing from the survey struck me as a bit surprising: this year's survey did not ask how employees use information technology or how satisfied they are with IT systems to perform work. These questions have been asked of employees on past surveys, and I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/02/opm_kicks_off_2010_employee_survey.php?oref=search">questioned</a> back in February whether the new survey might make an even better attempt to gauge employee perceptions of agency IT programs and their ability to promote knowledge-sharing and collaboration.
Digital Government
Feds Satisfied With Their Jobs
Federal employees overwhelmingly are satisfied with their jobs and believe the work they do is important, but many believe the government still has work to do when it comes to providing training opportunities and rewarding top performers, according to survey results released Monday by the Office of Personnel Management.
Digital Government
Most feds happy with their jobs, survey says
Federal workers continue to be generally happy with their jobs and feel their work is important, according to the latest Office of Personnel Management survey of federal workplace satisfaction released July 12.
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Most feds happy with their jobs, survey says
Federal workers continue to be generally happy with their jobs and feel their work is important, according to the latest Office of Personnel Management survey of federal workplace satisfaction released July 12.
Digital Government
OPM to Overhaul PMF Program
The Office of Personnel Management is looking to better recruit and retain the younger generation of workers by beefing up the Presidential Management Fellows program. In a <a href="http://www.chcoc.gov/transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalID=3016">letter</a> to agency chief human capital officers, OPM Director John Berry said OPM is creating "power packs" - small teams of PMFS - to work on projects as part of the reinvigoration effort.
People
Telework remains out of reach for many feds, survey shows
Feds aren't any more satisfied with their agencies' telework policies than in years past, according to results released today.
Digital Government
6 villains of Gov 2.0
Blogger Steve Radick identifies six types of people who impede Gov 2.0 efforts
Ideas
Budget Game: Making Debt Fun
With the national debt well over $13 trillion, it seems a tall order to fix U.S. finances. Think you're smart enough to make those tough decisions? The nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's <a href=http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/#>new online tool</a> lets users weigh different scenarios for reducing spending and stabilizing debt.
Digital Government
Microsoft pushes new directions at Partner Conference
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, discussed the company's major cloud computing efforts at the opening of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference.
Ideas
Failure To Communicate
I have pretty bad luck when it comes to wireless cellphone service. I was covering a conference call last Friday but was out of the office, so I had to call in with my iPhone.
Digital Government
Group takes aim at feds, suggests $47 billion in pay cuts
The saga of the “overpaid fed” took a new turn with a conservative think tank’s report suggesting that federal pay could be cut by $47 billion next year.
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NSF offers researchers high-performance computing time on advanced computing network
Government Computer News
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