People
GSA details acquisition system requirements
he draft document is a first step in aligning acquisition and financial management system functions under the Financial Management Line of Business.
People
Letter: Bring boomers into workforce again with creditable service
A reader writes about a way to engage boomers: [Civil Service Retirement System] and the military can buy back years of creditable service.
People
Letter: Focus on boomers may not encourage other employees
A reader writes that appealing only to boomers may affect the morale of others in the workplace.
People
Letter: Think of the baby booomers and younger employees
A reader says younger workers need jobs with benefits, too.
Digital Government
Lurita Doan resigns as GSA administrator
The Bush administration asks controversial official to quit; she sparked controversy in 2007.
Digital Government
White House forces resignation of embattled GSA chief
Controversial administrator Lurita Doan was summoned to the White House for a late afternoon meeting Tuesday, and resigned later that evening.
Digital Government
Doan's resignation not seen as hindering GSA's IT business
Problems of declining sales and slow response to megacontracts are "bigger than the administrator."
Digital Government
Cabinet secretaries urge full funding of America Competes
Lawmakers defend Congress' decision-making in a tough tough fiscal climate where nondefense research and development is lagging.
People
GAO: DOD wastes billions on weapons contracts
A new report said the Defense Department shouldn't forbid cost-plus contracts as an incentive for companies to bid on large programs.
Digital Government
National Labs develop improved searches
Employees at the Los Alamos laboratory develop a knowledge management tool to better find and sort information.
People
Engagement, not page views, key to online success
Jeffrey Taylor, founder of Monster.com, says most organizations still have a Web 1.0 mind-set.
Digital Government
More agencies adopt wikis to share knowledge
The State Department and the armed services are using wikis to collaborate and disseminate information, panelists tell an audience at a knowledge management conference.
People
Letter: GSA's attention divided by telework issues
A reader asks Lurita Doan, GSA's administrator, to focus on tackling the Alliant contract and other major tasks under the agency's mission.
People