Digital Government
What's Brewin' Column: Bye-bye public circuit buys
A free society is based on the uninhibited flow of information, but sometimes the amount of information put out by the Defense Department makes no sense.
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States, feds still struggle to share health information
Technical and policy gaps remain in the patchwork of systems that send data about disease outbreaks to national repositories.
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Passport snooping raises alarm
Lawmakers consider whether additional legislation is needed to safeguard data.
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TIGTA: Private debt collectors protect IRS taxpayer data
Two companies that pursue delinquent taxpayer debt do a good job of protecting sensitive information, a new report states.
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The hiring fix
Federal agencies seek fresh ideas for speeding the hiring of the best and brightest.
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DHS will press for HR changes
End of litigation doesn't end the department's efforts to address performance evaluation.
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Marines restore access to online documents
The service took down the doctrine documents almost a year ago.
Acquisition
Editorial: GSA's Alliant lessons
GSA needs to take proactive steps to assure its customers that they can have faith in the government's contracting organization.
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GAO: Suggestions welcome
How former Comptroller General David Walker began transforming the agency.
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Letter: Other agencies must rely on GSA for purchasing
[The Office of Management and Budget] needs to get GSA back into the streamlined acquisition business. DOD does not need it's own acquisition offices for purchasing the same things that the rest of the government is purchasing.
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Letter: In retaining workforce, reach out to employees
I'm confused by the initiatives lately that are seeking ways to retain (and continue to recruit) a decent federal government contracting workforce. Why are these initiatives not reaching out to the employees themselves?
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Letter: Jobs posted publicly are for existing favored employees
[The] information I have uncovered through discussions with government FTE' is that most of those positions are reserved to internal selected candidates. The process must be advertised as "public," but the hiring process has wording in "favor" of the internal candidate.
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Energy agency launches performance-based pay system
The National Nuclear Security Administration has begun a five-year pilot project with the Office of Personnel Management to test a new performance-based pay system.
Digital Government
SOA experts: Learn to speak business
The next major hurdle for enterprise architecture is convincing agency managers that it solves business problems.
Acquisition
GSA to reevaluate Alliant bids
A Court of Federal Claims decision has led the agency to reconsider the proposals.
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