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What 'Moneyball for Government' really means

Steve Kelman argues that there are two distinct flavors of this data-driven assessment -- and that their advocates don't talk nearly as much as they should.

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A $300 million IT flop

Six years and nearly $300 million later, the Social Security Administration has decided to press "reset" on its project to improve the claim processing system. Here's what happened.

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Can 28 nations collaborate online?

As NATO seeks a "cultural shift," a new intranet system will serve up to 10,000 would-be collaborators.

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Senate confirms Creedon at NNSA

New deputy administrator returns to the agency after a decade on Capitol Hill and at the Defense Department.

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'Our goal is to eliminate you as an agency'

Senators grill a little-known Commerce Department agency on whether it's a redundant repository for reports and a middleman for agencies seeking to avoid complicated acquisition rules.

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Harvard grads then and now: How America has changed

Steve Kelman reflects on what an alumni update suggests about career choices and public service.

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Nominee promises digital answers to VA problems

The Obama administration’s attempt to turn the page at the Veterans Affairs Department moved to Congress with the confirmation hearing of Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald.

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The power of priorities, postponing DCGS-A and opening data in D.C.

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

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GAO: What Congress' watchdogs are thinking

Meet the leaders behind all those audits.

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GAO: Q&A with Gene Dodaro

Richard Cohen recently sat down with Gene Dodaro to discuss his experiences in working with the GAO.

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Call for all applicants: DIA needs a CIO

See what the Defense Intelligence Agency is seeking for its top IT job.

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GovTV: Selling federal managers on a new HR dashboard

OPM Director Katherine Archuleta touts the workforce insights available (to some) on UnlockTalent.gov.

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FCC's crash, American Systems' new CEO and Los Alamos' latest app

News and notes from around the federal IT community

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Open Gov: Who's late out of the gate?

A handful of agencies, including the departments of State and Veterans Affairs, are lagging behind the pack in releasing their open government plans.

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Booz Allen CEO to retire at year's end

Ralph Shrader has been with the management and technology firm for four decades; his successor will step in on Jan. 1.

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Does interoperability have to be hard?

Everyone agrees that electronic health record systems work only when different platforms can communicate, but standards are still a work in progress.

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ITI adds Hill veteran to government affairs team

Shannon Taylor joined the Information Technology Industry Council from the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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How IT and accounting can play nice

Financial shared services and Data Act compliance will drive more CIO/CFO collaboration. Here's how it should work.

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DOD acquisition reform focused on people, not processes

Undersecretary Frank Kendall sees cultural change taking root among the Pentagon's 150,000-strong acquisition workforce.

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Federal hiring at a glance

The Partnership for Public Service's latest hiring report reveals a federal workforce that is not getting any bigger or younger.