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Rising Star: Shayla Parker
Shayla Parker, assistant product director in the Army's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, led the implementaton of a system that is part of the troop deployment process.
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Rising Star: Tara Miner
As Acquisition Management Analyst at the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, Miner prepared a detailed acquisition document necessary to comply with a congressional mandate.
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Rising Star: Joseph Corcoran
As Strategic Program Development Lead at Govplace, Corcoran raised a record amount of money through the Children's Inn fundraising gala.
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Rising Star: Christine Calvosa
Christine Calvosa, chief technology officer at the Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service, developed and deployed the NRCS website only months after taking over the troubled project.
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GAO: Agencies rarely use waiver to bring back retired feds at full pay
Rehired federal employees who draw annuity payments could be paid full salaries as well, despite a rule against it, but agencies are rarely using their waiver power, GAO finds.
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FAS commissioner position is open
In a shuffling of positions, Steve Kempf will return from medical leave to a new job within GSA, and the agency seeks a new leader for its acquisition service.
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The Navy's Elliott Branch: Getting a good deal for government.
An award honors an innovator in federal procurement, pointing to the priorities of our time.
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Rising Star: Stephen Ander
Stephen Ander, now a consultant at Gallup, developed a plan to improve the Secret Service's hiring process while working there.
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Rising Star: Kimberly Allred
Kimberly Allred, a program analyst at the State Department, oversaw development of key knowledge management platforms.
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Ten years later, e-gov compliance is still incomplete
Agencies have done much of what the E-Gov act asked of them, but trouble spots remain.
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Election 2012: What's at stake for feds?
Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama offer competing visions for America. But how do they stand on federal priorities?
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Former top DOD officials skewer Congress over sequestration
In a rare joint appearance, two former DOD leaders to take Congress to task for exacerbating the top U.S. threats: budget cuts and the national debt.
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DOD officials cautiously tout progress in financial management reform
Meeting Leon Panetta's aggressive timeline is a daunting challenge, but DOD officials say the effort is advancing.
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Rising Star: Lisa Alferieff
Lisa Alferieff, chief operating officer at TCG, managed the overhaul of the Treasury Department's Budget Formulation and Execution Manager system.
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Honoring the 2012 Rising Stars
A dozen up-and-coming professionals have been recognized this year for making an early -- and substantive -- mark in the government technology community.
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Battlefield rotations could be bad for contract management
In war zones, contract personnel are often just getting familiar with their work when it's time to go home.
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Planning for -- and surviving -- sequestration
With sequestration possible in just a few months, experts offer tips to help managers minimize the impact of budget cuts on employees and agency missions.
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After VA, Maurice Stewart joins the Ambit Group
Stewart led Veterans Affairs Department efforts to improved communications and transform its relationship with suppliers.
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Counting federal employees is no simple task
The federal workforce is on the hot seat as policymakers try to cut costs, but the simple question of how big the workforce is yields no definitive answer.
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