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Walmart Foundation exec to take reins at OMB
Obama expected to nominate Sylvia Matthews Burwell as budget director
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100,000 feds pledge Telework Week
Starting March 4, the highways around Washington, D.C., may be less congested as federal employees take part in a week of telework intended to promote the practice.
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VA departures open door to speculation
At least three people are rumored as likely to replace departing VA CIO Roger Baker. CTO Peter Levin, also stepping down, leaves another leadership role to be filled.
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Making the best of sequestration
Managers need the ability to deal with poor-performing employees in order to survive sequestration with less harm to their organizations, Steve Kelman writes.
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Werfel provides new guidance on sequester's eve
Agencies should be ready for greater scrutiny of certain expenditures, OMB leader warns.
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Honoring excellence in workforce development, training
Do you work in an agency that has been particularly successful in workforce development and training initiatives? Now is your chance to nominate it for the 2013 W. Edwards Deming Award, which celebrates excellence in government training.
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Issa, Spires sketch visions for IT reform and CIO authority
House hearing on draft legislation explores budget authority, chains of command and the sheer number of agency CIOs.
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Yahoo bans telework. What do you think?
Steve Kelman explores telework's tradeoffs on innovation and efficiency.
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Hagel sworn in to lead DOD
Newly-confirmed Defense Secretary pledges to try to be 'the kind of leader you expect and deserve.'
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Pentagon releases mobility implementation plan
Phased strategy covers mobile devices, wireless infrastructure and mobile applications for 600,000 users.
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Feds worry about mission, personal lives under sequester
Survey shows what federal employees fear the coming budget cuts will mean to them.
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Boehner bashes VA for lack of progress on claims backlog
The VA's new system, deployed in 2012 with a goal of dramatically cutting claims processing time, has so far not lived up to its promise.
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Senator offers advice to avoid furloughs
Sen. Tom Coburn suggests leaving positions unfilled -- and names them a few.
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Continuity plans sport a new look
Telework, cloud computing and BYOD policies are strengthening continuity-of-operations plans. They come with some hurdles to jump, but agencies are starting to see success.
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Chatting with the astronauts
The crew of the International Space Station spent an hour interacting with space enthusiasts via Google+ and YouTube.
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Neon signs and dives into fire
CTO Todd Park wants to find the innovators in government, but it is not always obvious who they are.
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Innovation fellows program to expand
Strategic sourcing, better sharing of best practices also discussed by Management Advisory Board.
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Deloitte study: Mobile can help feds 'hit the reset button'
Agencies lag far behind the private sector in embracing mobile, but that means big productivity gains are still to be had.
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Linda Cureton: IT innovator plans her next mission
NASA’s departing CIO leaves a bold legacy — and some challenges for her successor.
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