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CIOs urged to flex their financial muscle
A retired general tells federal CIOs they need to stop wasteful spending before it gets started, and says they could have a powerful ally in their agency CFO.
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Obama directs agencies to use behavioral science
The executive order is part of a continuing effort to change the way federal agencies interact with customers.
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HUD rushing into shared services future, IG says
IG David Montoya is concerned that HUD's plans are underfunded and reliant on legacy tech.
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What are agencies doing with IT money they're saving?
GAO says 24 federal agencies saved $3.6 billion between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2014, and need to keep better track of how they reinvest those savings.
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GOP bird dogging OPM's IT upgrade
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz is focusing his scrutiny on a giant modernization project which, according to OPM's inspector general, lacks funding and good management.
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Congratulations to the 2015 Rising Stars
FCW recognizes 14 individuals having an outsized impact early in their careers.
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Soloway leaving PSC
After 15 years leading the Professional Services Council, Stan Soloway is making time for another act in his career.
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Library of Congress names new CIO
Bernard A. Barton Jr. fills a position that has been vacant since 2012.
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What CIOs really study
A degree in IT or administration can help, but top CIOs have degrees in everything from religious studies to zoology.
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Obama orders sick leave for federal contractors
Executive order marks the president's 13th expansion of benefits and protections for the contractor workforce.
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Can MOOCs make the grade for federal training?
Massive open online courses can offer specialized IT instruction on a flexible schedule and on the cheap. That may not always mesh with government's preference for structure and certification, however.
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DOD’s chasm between what's needed and what's possible
DOD acquisition chief Frank Kendall sees a wide gap "between our national security needs and how we meet those needs."
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Facebook's Miller named first White House product director
Josh Miller pointed to online petitions and Twitter engagement as examples of "amazing" government-citizen interaction, and promised more to come.
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DOD seeks funds for OPM response, WH mulls China sanctions and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Records management: Are agencies getting full return on information?
A recent survey found that only 33 percent of federal employees are very confident in current records programs.
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How feds can put the hashtag in hiring
New report from the Partnership for Public Service offers best practices for using social media when recruiting for government jobs.
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Tony Scott says IT spending 'headed the wrong way'
The federal CIO slammed the way federal agencies tend to spend too much maintaining old systems and how they rush to empty their budgets at year's end.
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USPS wants to go high-tech without losing jobs
An agency long crippled by skyrocketing labor costs is trying to use technology not to trim its workforce but to preserve jobs.
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More screens, more millennials?
Getting young people into government can be challenging. One company's prescription: Wow them with a "Minority Report" conference room.
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