People

Coburn's NO e-gov vote

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IT central to challenges facing Justice

The department's IG gives IT its own spot on its annual top 10 list of management challenges and notes it plays a role in other areas of concern.

People

IT Infrastructure LOB issues first metrics

Agencies should submit a five-year implementation plan by March 2008 for all measures under the line of business.

People

Report: Legal eagles can aid cross-government collaboration

A study commissioned by NASCIO encourages government officials to establish clear governance models before beginning work on projects that cut across agency or government boundaries.

Digital Government

Letter: FFATA effort duplicates procurement database

That's a waste of employees' time and taxpayers' money.

Digital Government

Sprehe: Being overly simplistic

Federal enterprise architecture principles treat government as one entity. Who are they kidding?

People

McDonough: Ideas too good to sit on

An international conference on government provided ideas for changing the status quo

People

Flying during Thanksgiving? The government is here to help

FAA will offer real-time updates on flight delays, and FAA and DOD have opened military airspace to commercial travel.

Digital Government

Doan's Halloween

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Letter: CHCOs should communicate more with workers

Sharing internally hinges on the desire and ability to communicate up, down and sideways and the ability to recognize talent in all its forms.

Ideas

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GSA's Mitchell to retire

Mary Mitchell has been a leader in e-government and financial management.

Ideas

Vista Flagged as Top Hacker Target in '08

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Better information sharing on the horizon

Lawmakers' meeting with the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group provides initial details on how to improve threat assessment information.

People

Lawmaker wants small biz to get more DHS work

The House Homeland Security Committee’s chairman says small firms can react quicker to change than large contractors can.

Ideas

'Making as Many Problems as We're Solving'

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GSA's 'financial house in order,' Doan says

The agency's commercial schedules program showed growth of 2.2 percent, a high for GSA.

People

IG: Problems linger from rush to create TSA

DHS' inspector general also blamed TSA's lack of an integrated infrastructure on the CIO's lack of authority to do so.

Ideas

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Records maintenance rule loses paper vs. digital distinction

Beginning Dec. 17, agencies will not submit separate plans for doing upkeep on digital files.