Ideas

Army Cancels Conference -- Again

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People

Letter: FCW ignores serious questions about enhanced driver's license

Nobody is looking into how the licenses work and how they will improve border security.

Acquisition

Letter: OFPP must punish restrictive procurements

In "brand-name or equal" requirements, the ultimate guilty party is the end user or client originating the request for a purchase.

People

Air Force needs to better manage satellite data

With so much information available, the service wants to sift through it more easily.

People

Army: Bolstering acquisition workforce could take 10 years

It will take three years to hire 1,400 employees and even more time to properly train them and get support from service leaders, Lt. Gen. Ross Thompson said.

People

CHCO Council to gauge effectiveness of federal hiring, training

The Chief Human Capital Officers Council wants to hear from Presidential Management Fellows about their positive experiences at the agencies where they worked.

People

Illinois, Microsoft team on fusion architecture

The project, managed by the Illinois State Police, incorporates the National Information Exchange Model, and includes the Global Justice XML standard.

People

FCW Insider: The Input holiday party buzz

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People

Letter: Agency use of Lean Six Sigma a political process

Consequently, agencies lose resources to the point that there are not enough to perform some functions.

Acquisition

Letter: Don't axe draft RFPs

The quality of proposals rises and protests decline when draft requests for proposals are issues.

People

Arizona signs on for enhanced driver's licenses

The licenses, which will require a photo ID and an RFID chip containing an ID number, will comply with WHTI and Real ID requirements.

People

Air Force pushes cyber warrior training

Cyber Command and the Air National Guard are among the organizations creating classes and defining roles.

People

Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. revises IT processes

The agency hires the Ambit Group to help transform its business practices after an audit found deficiencies in 34 IT process areas.

People

Waxman, Davis press Bloch about alleged file deletion

The lawmakers have asked Special Counsel Scott Bloch for a transcribed interview about allegations that he improperly deleted files from his office PC.

People

No SBInet payment for Boeing until system is usable

Integration problems are holding up the completion of Project 28, the initial step in the border security system.

Acquisition

The Lectern: How much competition is enough?

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People

OFPP: Stop giving incentive awards for average contractor work

Administrator Paul Denett said agencies sometimes pay contractors extra even when they fail to meet objectives.

People

USAJobs links up with major search engines

Information about federal job openings is available through Internet search engines as a result of new Office of Personnel Management initiative.