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NIST recommends against NSA-influenced standards
Users should hold off on a standard approved years ago while NIST and the public get another chance to evaluate it.
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Crafting a winning Fed 100 nomination
FCW will open this year's Fed 100 nominations soon. Here are some tips on how to give your nominations their best chance at impressing our judges.
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Agencies can learn from stimulus' data transparency
GAO recommends other agencies adopt the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board practices of using single government-wide identifiers, and of standardizing data reporting requirements.
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Zients to head Obama's economic team
The former acting director of the Office of Management and Budget is rejoining President Barack Obama’s economic team as director of the National Economic Council.
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CIOs tiptoe into the Twitterverse
Only a handful of CIO Council members are active on social media, but their varied approaches offer important lessons.
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GAO counts $320M spent on 12 duplicative programs
Legislator sees bright side in that only 12 of 590 programs were found to be redundant, while another points to report as evidence of a need for greater oversight.
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Agency managers make telework pitch
There are still untapped savings and productivity gains to be had for the government through increased use of telework, argued federal IT leaders speaking at the Mobile Work Exchange Town Hall Meeting.
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Talent vs. grit
Innate ability isn't the best predictor of success, Steve Kelman finds, providing a cue for agency managers to inspire their teams.
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Obama nominates deputies for VA, Navy
If the nominees gain Senate approval, they will fill roles vacant since spring.
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Study finds feds unprepared for looming network bottleneck
The 'big five' initiatives will choke federal networks in coming years if agencies are not prepared.
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McKinsey executive to take OMB's top management slot
As deputy director of management, Beth Cobert would help drive a wide range of procurement, personnel and IT initiatives.
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Republican leaders boost DATA Act
Eric Cantor and Darrell Issa talk up data publishing standards at a transparency conference.
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What retirement wave?
Agency leaders have worried for years about a coming flood of retiring workers. The numbers, though, suggest the fear may be unnecessary.
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Agency IT should focus on apps, not devices
The bring-your-own-app craze can actually make life easier for federal IT professionals who are struggling to contain BYOD.
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White House opens up on Open Government 2.0
The next iteration of the National Action Plan on Open Government is in the works and the administration wants public input, according to a blog post from Deputy Chief Technology Officer Nick Sinai.
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Calculator takes the guesswork out of telework
How much would telework save your agency? A new tool helps estimate payback.
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