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
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.
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.
Acquisition
Letter: Special contracting treatment hurts Alaska Native firms
Allowing noncompetitive awards to certain classes of contractors should be limited to the same requirements as other 8(a) companies.
Modernization