Digital Government

OPM suspends portion of contract for electronic retirement system

Agency director instructed staff to take down RetireEZ Web site.

Digital Government

Alabama puts mashups to work

Virtual Alabama pulls data from various sources and overlays it on Google Earth.

People

Editorial: DHS 2.0

As a new president will soon enter office, it is a good time to assess the effectiveness of the Homeland Security Department's reorganization.

People

Are small-biz counts too good to be true?

Committee rebukes DHS for over-counting to meet small-business contracting goals.

People

Kelman: Senior leadership teams

Does your organization need a senior leadership team? Maybe not, a new book suggests.

Digital Government

FCW Download and Table of Contents

Find links to articles in the June 2, 2008, issue and related items.

People

More details required for FOIA reports

The Justice Department's revised guidance for agencies'FOIA reports incorporates legislative mandates and a 2005 executive order that required increased reporting on FOIA activities.

Digital Government

Report finds understaffing in DOD IG’s office

A shortage of staff investigators has caused gaps in the oversight of the Defense Department's intelligence agencies, according to a report prepared for the Senate Armed Services Committee.

People

More taxpayers use e-filing

The increase in e-filing was strong among last-minute filers, a group that has traditionally filed paper returns.

People

GSA head tries to ease tension Doan created

Acting GSA Administrator David Bibb is reaching out to different parties to ease tension and repair strained relationships.

People

Letter: Hiring internally can ease the blow of boomers loss

A readers says hiring from outside is not the only way to fill the positions retirees will leave. What about promoting from within?

People

Reader comment roundup: Telework, Lean Six Sigma, scholarships, NASA employee suspension and more.

Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.

People

Union criticizes OPM's flexible hiring practices

The National Treasury Employees Union's president said using hiring flexibilities in government impedes fair competition and merit-based hiring practices.

Ideas

Government in a Wiki World Part 3

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An Olympic-Sized Privacy Issue

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Modernization

Defense boosts bandwidth of global network to meet battlefield needs

Rising demand attributed mostly to satellite and video images from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Digital Government

FDA won't meet deadline for food safety registry

Agency expects to implement electronic portal tracking tainted food incidents around spring 2009 at the earliest.

Digital Government

Acting GSA chief says relationship with IG is on the mend

Procurement observers predict aggressive oversight from inspectors general, Congress will continue during the next year.

Digital Government

Contract spending could drop more than 10 percent in fiscal 2009

Sluggish economy, growing deficit, a lack of procurement expertise contribute to downward trend, research firm predicts.