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Mark Drapeau's Movember mustache move

Mark Drapeau isn't one of the men growing a mustache for Movember, but he came up with his own solution.

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Hasbrouck takes over DISA field office command

DISA gets a new leader in a special ops field office while DOD promotes a new director of space and intelligence.

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Government leaders get nudge toward exec ranks

ACT/IAC's 16th Partners Program has produced 32 graduates.

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Lessons about managing teams

What's smarter, a team or a crowd? Steve Kelman finds out.

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Fed 100 nominations open

Do you know someone in federal IT who accomplished something momentous in 2012? Nominations are open for the Federal 100 award.

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The agency chief management officer: An old idea with new momentum

An agency chief management officer would 'professionalize the management of agency functions' according to one authority, and the idea is gaining support. Dwight Ink, who worked in the federal government for decades, pressed for the creation of such a role without success.

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Quest continues for new Army contract system

The Army is searching for the right replacement for an outdated procurement management system that DOD is trying to phase out.

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CAOs: Juggling as a job skill

Why are CAOs not more effective? Maybe because so much of their job has little to do with the title.

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Agencies place high on list of appealing tech employers

Seventeen federal agencies made a list of the top 100 technology employers.

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GSA to monitor response to award management system

GSA's leader says the reactions of agencies to his efforts to fix the troubled System for Award Management will be his metric for sucess.

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Advising the next president on federal IT

Veterans of federal IT policymaking and management have some suggestions for the winner of November's election.

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Bowman: Leading DOD across the enterprise finish line

The Joint Staff CIO says teamwork is the key to overcoming cultural barriers and transforming DOD into a networked, agile organization.

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ELC to feature mobility, big data

Top federal officials headline the sessions at the annual Executive Leadership Conference, which starts Sunday in Colonial Williamsburg.

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A 21st-century approach to democratizing data

The Internet has become a ubiquitous kiosk for posting information. The government’s role in collecting and disseminating data should change accordingly, argue Christopher Lyons and Mark Forman.

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A toxic work environment threatens acquisition personnel gains

Agencies have made progress in hiring talented acquisition professionals, but unreasonable scrutiny from all sides is encouraging risk avoidance and stifling innovation, according to the Procurement Round Table.

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Accountability vs. performance

There's a big difference between complying with directives and actually improving performance, observes Steve Kelman.

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Obama remark gives sequestration hope

A remark in the Oct. 22 presidential debate has led to speculation about the prospect of averting budget cuts set to hit in January.

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BYOD resistance explained

The adoption of 'bring-your-own-device' policies is slow in some agencies. At a recent event, experts explained some of the reasons and concerns.

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A risk management reading list

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DOD's Wennergren named 'chief change maker'

American University has bestowed its Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership to DOD's Dave Wennergren and the Census Bureau's Thomas Mesenbourg Jr.