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Transition Watch: Obama's team to check Facebook pages
The president-elect's team is researching job candidates more carefully than past administrations, even asking for links to Facebook pages, according to the New York Times.
Acquisition
IG: NASA's ODIN could be more cost-effective
Agency officials agreed with recommendations to help managers negotiate lower prices for peripheral devices under the contract.
People
Transition Watch: Obama names first agency review teams
The people who will lead President-elect Obama’s review teams for the Departments of Treasury, State and Defense, according to the Wall Street Journal
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Pilot program expands fingerprint databases
An agency is providing network links to jails in six counties so those facilities can better check fingerprints of criminal suspects against national law enforcement and immigrant databases.
Digital Government
Commerce info security officer to lead advisory board
he board advises a nonprofit group on policies, programs that change the information security field.
People
Visa Waiver Program authorizations go online
Starting in January, everyone traveling to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program must get authorization by using a government Web site before traveling
Acquisition
Officials concerned about oversight of task orders
Task and delivery orders accounted for nearly half of all money that agencies spent on interagency contracts.
Acquisition
Tips for avoiding protests
The Government Accountability Office ruled that task and delivery orders are fair game for industry protests.
Acquisition
Ruling clouds future for buyers
Experts debate the potential impact of a GAO decision on small-business contracting.
People
Letter: Many will gladly accept a position with SES
A reader writes that members of the Senior Executive Services who don't like it can leave.
People
Recruiters make IT connection
DOD and other agencies showcase online chops to attract tech-savvy young people to their ranks.
Digital Government
Adoption of e-health records depends on consolidation of systems
Too many networks place too much of a burden on private clinicians, who provide the bulk of the care under national and military health programs.
Digital Government
Outdated systems, poor security plague IRS
GAO report calls agency's financial management systems "obsolete."
Digital Government
Prospects list grows for job of intellectual property czar
Names for anti-piracy, anti-counterfeiting chief in Obama administration include congressional aides and high-profile attorneys.
People
Letter: CIO better solution than CTO
A reader agrees with the founder of Monash Research that President-elect Barack Obama's should appoint a "true CIO" to handle issues such as procurement.
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