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.

People

Get a Life!: More about telework

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Acquisition

FCW Insider: The Doan questions: Why now... and what next?

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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

Letter: Let's be real about clearance investigations

A reader says that the Office of Personnel Management's comments on improvements in clearance times should be checked against online public forum sites.