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GSA: Watch late-year spending
Officials remind GSA's contracting officers about taking on too much work too late into the fiscal year.
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Panel flags DHS transition fears
Staffing, stability key to smooth change in administrations, study finds.
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Former Interior CIO Tipton to lead (ISC)2
Hord Tipton is the new executive director of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, replacing Eddie Zeitler.
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Buzz of the Week: A community in action
Last week, we got a lesson in community. We saw how quickly those bonds can assert themselves after an accident involving a longtime fed.
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The state of the acquisition workforce
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy learned exactly what contracting specialist were spending their time doing through a survey.
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What acquisition employees want
Caring and feeding for midcareer acquisition staffers keep them from leaving for other agencies.
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NASA employees continue HSPD-12 fight
The agency’s managers, scientists and engineers clash over workforce issues.
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Some telework security guidelines
Telework.gov offers links to various tools, relevant guidance and legislation related to telework.
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Another out-of-the-office option
Telework centers offer alternative worksites with fewer comforts but help reduce employees’ travel time.
Modernization
DISA to offer on-demand computing environment in 2009
IT developers will be able to pay monthly for computing resources to test new software applications.
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Billing problems to third-party insurers plague VA
Systems failure to track payments bring into question $1.7 billion in unbilled services, GAO says.
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New York state considers accrediting RHIOs
State officials will rely on RHIOs to govern health information exchanges and want to be able to assure stakeholders that they're up to the task.
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Tipton named executive director at (ISC)2
W. Hord Tipton replaces Eddie Zeitler at the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium.
Modernization
OMB: Agencies must shed more gateways
The federal government will have fewer than 100 external Internet connections near the end of fiscal 2009 to improve security, an Office of Management and Budget official said today.
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