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Agencies get more leeway on staff reductions
A final rule from the Office of Personnel Management allows agencies to arrange employees in smaller groups by pay systems or pay bands when planning force reductions.
Acquisition
GSA's still resolving Mobile Armor case
The General Services Administration continues to seek a suitable course of action for a vendor that distributed marketing materials that falsely implied a government endorsement.
Digital Government
Board recommends new strategy for complex Defense programs
Report says the department should follow the integrated approach used for the Future Combat Systems.
Digital Government
Air Force suspends Cyber Command program
Decision to ratchet back the Cyber Command may have come from Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who wants to see a greater role for the Navy in cyberspace
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Justice wants criminal intell systems to include terrorism info
A proposed rule from the Justice Department aims to expand the use of state criminal intelligence systems for maintaining suspected terrorism-related intelligence.
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SBA measures economic impact on HUBZones
Officials plan to evaluate in detail how the federal contracts affect poor areas.
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BLM launches an enhanced library of digital images
The Bureau of Land Management’s Web-based library includes historical images of the West.
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Massachusetts requires EHRs in hospitals by 2015
Health care cost containment bill also creates a way to develop a statewide HIE and promotes health IT in other ways.
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TIGTA: IRS improves IT governance
Although the Internal Revenue Service is improving its oversight of IT projects, the agency must continue to intensify its project management prowess.
Digital Government
Also in the News: Georgia under 'full-scale' cyber assault
Russian hackers are being blamed for denial-of-service attacks against the Web sites of Georgia's government, according to a Wired Magazine blog post.
Digital Government
Also in the News: Airport scans raise privacy issues
Despite assurances that image scans of passengers made at airports are kept secret and quickly disposed of, privacy advocates are crying foul, the Boston Globe reports.
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