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Waxman: Chart showed White House missing e-mails
The Bush administration questions the accuracy of its earlier study and believes no messages are missing, leading Waxman to call a hearing to clear up "considerable confusion."
Acquisition
Lawmakers call for a do-over
SBA’s proposed rule is based on contract data that reveals little gender discrimination
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From the pages of Washington Technology
Altman named to lead IBM mainframe business unitIBM has named Anne Altman, former vice president and managing director of IBM’s U.S. Federal division, to be general manager of the company’s mainframe platform technology business. Altman’s new role is part of a yearlong general transformation to make IBM’s Systems and Technology Group more client-focused, the company said. This is the largest such realignment in 15 years, said Lia Davis, an IBM spokeswoman. Altman will be responsible…
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GSA expands Alliant awards by one
Technology contract is on hold while waiting for a federal claims court ruling
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Dee Lee: She’s stepping down after stepping up
FEMA’s Deidre Lee is set to retire in March after a government career that started at an Air Force base in Texas in 1974
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NSPS’ endgame?
AFGE petitions Supreme Court for ruling on pay system, despite impending changes
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From the pages of Federal Employees News Digest
2008 omnibus bill blocks the outsourcing of Interior jobs The recently signed fiscal 2008 Omnibus Appropriation Act contains language that effectively blocks administration efforts to outsource thousands of natural resource and environmental protection jobs, according to documents posted by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) on the organization's Web site. Bush administration officials had targeted as many as two out of three Forest Service jobs for potential outsourcing. The National Park Service and the…
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Federal Executive Boards tidy up
OPM says restructuring of board operations strengthened their effectiveness
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FERC clamps down on security
Energy industry must patch the cybergaps that could allow hackers to attack facilities
Digital Government
SEC could demand transparency
Agency’s new taxonomy for data tagging would make change easier for companies
Modernization
Panel: DOD software is at risk
Military should consider financial-industry model of documentation and code checks
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Real ID debate isn’t over
Homeland Security extends the deadline for full compliance to 2017
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CXO Lessons Learned: Do CIOs face a glass ceiling?
Government CIOs gain more influence but are not seen as strategic decision-makers
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OMB sets guidelines for fed high fliers
A new memo from the agency will "rein in some of the lavish lifestyles government officials have come to enjoy," Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said.
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Young touts e-gov successes
Recent progress on E-Rulemaking and E-Travel show how far agencies have progressed in six years, says OMB's deputy administrator for e-government.
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Foreign hackers seek to steal Americans' health records
Homeland Security Department analyst warns that cyberthreats to health information systems are spreading from the military to the private sector.
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