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Politics and bureaucracy hinder program performance
Agency managers face several obstacles to successfully leading large projects.
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DHS seeks cybersecurity capability info
The Homeland Security Department has requested information from vendors on how they can help the department with the EINSTEIN and TIC cybersecurity programs.
People
The FCW Exit Interview: Robert Burton
Before retiring last week as deputy administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Robert Burton sat down with FCW.
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IG: Disability claims caught between DOD, VA
The Veterans Affairs Department needs tighter controls and more oversight to accelerate claims processing for seriously disabled veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the IG finds.
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Field named deputy OFPP administrator
OFPP policy analyst takes a top position in federal acquisition
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Group honors GSA's IG, other whistleblowers
Government employees who exposed misdeeds are praised in a watchdog group's report.
Digital Government
Law will boost e-prescribing, HHS secretary says
Despite the president's veto of the recent Medicare bill, officials say the administration supports the legislation's e-prescribing incentives.
Digital Government
HealthMap taps Internet for public health ‘situational awareness’
HealthMap system developed by Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston scours the Internet to pick up raw intelligence on potential disease outbreaks.
Acquisition
HUBZone revelations no surprise, experts say
GAO tricks the Small Business Administration into wrongly certifying fake companies as small businesses.
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DISA expands cloud services
DISA now provides a self-service approach with the Rapid Access Computing Environment.
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House defeats paper ballot funding
Privacy advocates are not happy that the House decided not to fund an effort to provide a paper-based backup system to electronic voting.
Digital Government
Health IT bill still faces long odds
Legislation to create a nationwide system of electronic medical records criticized by both healthcare providers and consumer groups.
Digital Government
HHS to pay doctors to use prescription systems
Financial incentives aimed at adding to the 10 percent of clinicians who now use an e-prescribing system.
Digital Government
GAO: Indian Health Service concealed the loss of millions of dollars in missing IT equipment
Officials forged documents to cover up missing equipment, including laptops containing Social Security numbers and medical information.
People
Buzz of the week: The art of the retirement speech
With so many government employees approaching retirement, we're beginning to hear many agency executives deliver truly inspiring exit speeches to friends, family and future agency leaders.
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