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Size protest proposal would allow more flexibility to SBA
Rule changes would expand officials' discretionary powers in handling contract disputes.
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Post-sequester tips for CIOs
Belt-tightening is a given, but now is the time to revisit strategic planning, expert advises.
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Telework Week sees participation surge
Annual event encouraging telework try-outs demonstrates enthusiasm, savings.
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Yahoo's telework clampdown: Why it happened
Yahoo used network logs to gauge remote workers' productivity, but the telework question is not that simple.
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How to assemble your leadership team
Book Excerpt: The IBM Center for the Business of Government's "Getting It Done: A Guide for Government Executives," updated and republished for 2013, provides a map for newly-appointed agency leaders.
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Congress, GAO take aim at DOD-VA health records program
The decision to change course on joint medical records after spending $1 billion raises concerns on Capitol Hill.
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'Baddest' innovation fellow goes to GitHub
Ben Balter has taken a position at the open software collaboration platform, maintaining a focus on government.
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Encryption failures at VA put vets' data at risk
An IG review sparked by a whistleblower report finds officials approved the insecure transmissions.
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Ridge, Schmidt form consulting firm
Former DHS secretary and former White House cybersecurity advisor team up offer strategy, policy development and architecture design.
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Coburn continues to question agency job listings
Forgoing some new hires could reduce pressure to furlough current employees, senator argues.
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Naba Barkakati: On your side
The chief technologist at GAO wants to dispel the notion that an audit is something to fear.
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Snowquester: an accurate description after all?
GSA's Dan Tangherlini takes a jab at the Beltway's latest winter panic.
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Honoring the 1 percent
April event will recognize career federal executives who have earned the Senior Executives Association's civil service award.
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DOD servicemember website receives top 2013 Excellence award
ACT/IAC's awards program honors exemplary uses of technology in the government.
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Tangherlini: Feds should take a lesson from their connected kids
The way today's children do their homework can provide some ideas for government innovation, GSA chief says.
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Increasing social media accessibility
Like service dogs, which assist the visually impaired in the physical world, technology exists to make websites more useful to people with disabilities. A new federal initiative seeks to accelerate and expand its use.
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The value of tombstone thinking
It is easy to zero in on the activities that matter when you consider your accomplishments in terms of an epitaph, writes Bob Woods.
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Delegate lays blame for sequester
Washington D.C.'s non-voting member of Congress offers encouragement to federal employees, pledges support.
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GSA ponders offering new contract to cut conference costs
Conferences have been under scrutiny for some time, and the crush of sequestration's forced budget cuts only intensifies the pressure.
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