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Letter: Johnson has been asleep at the wheel
OMB's Clay Johnson is the only one who oversees IGs, but he has not been doing his job.
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IG: DOD fails on competition
The department made awards with improper competition and didn't justify why it went outside DOD for acquisition services, a new report states.
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DHS infrastructure protection chief cites progress
Bob Stephan cited the department's partnerships with state and local authorities as crucial to future success.
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Clinton: Alaska Native firm may have gotten unfair bonus
Chenega Technology Services improperly won a DHS contract, and the senator wants the IG to investigate the award further.
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OFPP issues policy requiring training for support workers
It also standardizes the skills contracting officer technical representatives must have.
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Letter: Editorial trivializes disagreement between IG, contracting officers
If Lurita Doan goes soft now, more contracting officers will leave government service and more companies will leave the GSA schedules.
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Letter: OPM's suspension of telework unfair
The agency says it will reinstate telework after employees have been trained on a modernized retirement system, but one reader expects delays.
Digital Government
Letter: Enterprise architecture is the way to go
There are huge gains to be made by eliminating unnecessary duplication.
Digital Government
Letter: Trusted Internet Connections initiative is meaningless
DHS' CERT Einstein program won't monitor traffic on agencies' field offices' VPN, which they use to connect to agency networks.
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IRS Oversight Board fears tax processing delays
If Congress delays action on the alternative minimum tax, IRS may have to reprogram its systems, postponing return and refund processing.
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Boutelle takes spot at Cisco
He joins the company as vice president of its Global Government Solutions Group.
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DIA at work on new data-sharing system
The agency hires McDonald Bradley to design and build the Force Protection Assessment system.
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Boutelle joins Cisco
The former Army CIO is the company's new vice president of its Global Government Solutions Group.
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Thompson joins Harmony Information Systems' board
The former HHS secretary is the fifth member of the board to accept the appointment.
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How secure are security clearances?
Recent guilty plea of former FBI, CIA employee calls the process into question
Modernization
Secure desktops not just for Vista
Apple, Sun and Red Hat are working with NSA on hardening systems
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