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Improving the skills of your IT staff
Assessing your employees' abilities and identifying skills gaps require a less subjective approach.
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HumanGeo acquired by Radiant Group
HumanGeo, which focuses on developing big data analytics and visualizations, was founded by Federal 100 award winners Al Di Leonardo and Abe Usher.
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Being a better CIO: Responses to 3 IT concerns
When it comes to managing a winning IT team, trust, training and executive-level support are essential.
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Kathy Conrad: The exit interview
"It's not enough to just bring in smart, talented people. They need to work hand-in-hand with the many innovators and career leaders in government. And then to show quick wins."
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Roth grilled on contracting databases
Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill used Denise Turner Roth's confirmation hearing to bore in on delays in the System for Award Management.
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Building an open environment for innovation
Federal IT leaders can more effectively promote innovation at their agencies by promoting an organizational climate that is open to risk and change.
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Senator fights electrical apocalypse
Sen. Ron Johnson plans to funnel $100 million toward quick hardening of the U.S. power grid. But with so much at stake, he contends, much more should be done.
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Agencies caught off guard by OPM’s pay-to-play credit monitoring
OPM is passing along the cost of post-breach credit monitoring to other federal agencies, but some are wondering how it will all work.
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Machine learning, agency missions and finding the shape of the haystack
Will computers that take information in, build hierarchies and learn over time diminish the role of human judgment in government?
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NASA's top watchdog talks IT
NASA Inspector General Paul Martin says the agency has made strides, but is still far from perfect when it comes to IT governance and cybersecurity.
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Federal program management needs help
Policy has been aimed at addressing specific problems rather than a holistic approach, says a new report from the National Academy of Public Administration.
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What smart succession planning requires
Leadership changes don’t have to be painful. Here are some tips for easing the transitions.
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Making the most of agency email scandals
Chief Records Officer Paul Wester would prefer that records management was done right, of course, but the political kerfuffles do offer a teachable moment.
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I am woman, hear me code
The third annual D.C. hackathon for women in tech is taking place Aug. 8 -- part of a much larger effort to diversify the IT ranks.
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Hruby to begin as Sandia director
Longtime national labs official will be the first woman to lead one of the Energy Department's nuclear security laboratories.
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What Cobert brings to OPM
OMB's deputy director of management is being dispatched to deal with a troubled agency -- again.
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DOE launching renewable energy pilot
Web-based "central assistance platform" to anchor effort to fund national labs' partnerships with small businesses to develop clean energy technology.
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Archuleta out at OPM
Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Beth Cobert will step in as acting director of the Office of Personnel Management.
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Writing advice from 18F, DOD staff changes and a flying motorcycle
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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