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18F to launch consulting group and project dashboard
The consulting service arose from the ongoing challenge of being called in to fix IT projects long after they were funded, scoped and set in motion.
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Red tape holding back hiring at U.S. Digital Service
Deputy Federal CIO Mikey Dickerson says senior leaders need to get better about understanding technology to improve outcomes on large scale IT projects.
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Survey: Feds like their jobs and their bosses, not too sure about senior leaders
OPM's annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey found that most federal employees still find their work to be important, even if many critics do not.
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DeSalvo shifts focus from health IT to Ebola crisis
HHS's national coordinator for health information technology has been named acting assistant secretary for health, effective immediately.
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Competition, performance and the proper degree of pressure
Steve Kelman suggests that Harvard's performance culture could offer lessons for federal agencies.
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Know someone who deserves a Fed 100? Nominate them today!
Nominations for 2015 are being accepted now through Dec. 23.
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A NASA nominee, NWS data and more robot boats
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Bhagowalia assumes CIO post at Treasury
The former Interior Department CIO and three-time Federal 100 winner replaces Robyn East.
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CIA's Wolfe, Army's Krieger, FireEye's Cole honored at GCN gala
Two dozen Rising Stars and 10 public-sector teams were also recognized at the Oct. 14 event.
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New program manager of DCGS-A hopes for strong start
Col. Robert Collins says close feedback from industry and soldiers can help improve a program that has struggled with inefficiencies.
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Fed millennials are a satisfied bunch
An OPM report found that almost two-thirds of federal employees born since 1980 consider government a good place to work.
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5 players (and 1 tool) you need on your modernization team
The chance of failure on high-stakes modernization projects can be avoided if you have the right people and processes in place.
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Shadow IT: 10 signs it's thriving at your agency
Cartoonist John Klossner on the telltale indicators that not everything is running through the CIO.
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100 reasons to be optimistic
The upcoming nomination process for the 2014 Federal 100 awards is an antidote for pessimism.
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Agencies' declining use of performance data
The government's use of performance information is down from 2007, despite GAO's attempts to promote its long-term operational benefits.
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Risky business
SBA's innovation office invests in solutions to problems that don't yet exist – like the 2007 seed funding for research into an effective Ebola treatment.
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It's too soon to abandon CIOs
Alan Balutis argues we should let CIOs perform as the Clinger-Cohen Act intended before reinventing the role yet again.
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Collaborating across organizations -- practice makes perfect
Recent research supports what economists have long argued: Sustained collaboration adds real value, but you have to work at it!
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5 lessons learned from HealthCare.gov
Many of the lessons in the U.S. Digital Service's new Playbook are drawn directly from the troubled launch of HealthCare.gov.
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