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GSA’s Wagner to retire
Marty Wagner, the General Services Administration’s long-time career employee policy lead, has decided to retire from the federal government.
Cybersecurity
IG cites CBP for laptop security issues
The agency has failed to establish a standard laptop configuration that meets minimum security requirements and has lagged in devising effective patching procedures, a report states.
Modernization
20 things in 20 years that changed government IT
Read about Raines' rules and other flashpoints in FCW's first 20 years.
People
Marty Wagner announces retirement
The deputy commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Services will end a 31-year federal career Jan. 31.
People
Web extra: Widening gulf separates acquisition, oversight
Concerns about procurement irregularities have significantly increased the level of congressional oversight.
Modernization
It's not your father's telephone operator
FCW’s never-ending stories: Telecommunications issues have been an ongoing subject during the past 20 years.
Acquisition
Editorial: FCW’s bias
If there has been a bias in these pages, it is a strong belief in the vital role that IT can play in helping the government do its important jobs more effectively.
People
GSA schedules a place for HR line of business
In a move that underscores how the Human Resources Line of Business is maturing, the General Services Administration will establish a place on its HR schedule for commercial shared-services providers.
Digital Government
Armstrong: Doing more with less
The more time alters the stories that FCW has covered for 20 years, the more they stay the same.
Modernization
Auditors: Interior should set schedule for trust systems rollout
GAO recommends that the Interior Department provide Congress with a firm timetable for completing the accounting system upgrade and develop a work force plan for staff levels and funding needs after the system is built.<@SM>
Modernization
E-gov leaders look for a measure of satisfaction
With E-Government projects entering their sixth year, OMB is looking to establish reliable ways for agencies to measure what ultimately matters most—customer satisfaction.
People
Holmes: In the beginning: FCW 1987
FCW’s first editor looks back at the publication that she helped launch two decades ago.
People
Goodbye clerks, hello knowledge workers
FCW reported on workforce initiatives, including the Trail Boss program, that sound quaint today.
Modernization
Web extra: Transforming technologies made their mark in the past 20 years
CD-ROM, GIS, viruses and wireless computing had significant effects on how government conducted business.
People
Counter-IED systems jam tactical comms in Iraq
Technology designed to defend against improvised explosive devices is interfering with a wide range of tactical radio systems, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command.
Modernization
ADC expands federal sales program
The manufacturer of network infrastructure products and supplier to federal agencies brings Rich Towers and Rich Kent on board.
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