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Agencies may get inappropriate comments on e-dockets, advisory group says

The Administrative Conference of the United States opened the door to discussing the problems with managing the flood of public comments anticipated on e-dockets.

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Longest-serving federal CIO to retire

Vance Hitch, CIO of the Justice Department, is retiring.

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FAA's SWIM program is drowning

Audit finds vital Federal Aviation Administration program flawed.

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House panel would restore small portion of transparency funding

A House subcommittee has approved a budget for the General Services Administration's electronic government programs, but transparency advocates said it still falls short.

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After Kundra: What next?

Vivek Kundra has been a forceful leader for change in federal IT, say many observers. What will happen to the efforts now under way when he leaves the federal CIO post in August?

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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra leaving White House

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has been the most prominent force for technology in the Obama administration, but he is about to step down.

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Weiner resigns from Congress

After facing political pressure, Rep. Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress today.

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Speed mentoring: Advice in 15 minutes

Mentoring doesn't always require a lengthy time commitment. Sometimes feds can achieve a lot in just 15 minutes.

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Public service or just a paycheck -- why do you work for the government?

Blogger John Klossner wonders how you got into government work in the first place, and why you stay.

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Government said lagging on anti-fraud technologies

Daniel Werfel, controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, says his "jaw dropped" when he first visited the Recovery and Transparency Board's sophisticated fraud-detection operation.

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Which agency's wiki won an innovation award?

The Training Officers Consortium has picked an agency wiki for an innovation award, based on its criteria of using non-traditional methods and tools to achieve performance goals.

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Study: Work is not a place to go

Four questions IT leaders should be able to answer about equipping a mobile workforce.

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The dollars and sense of rightsizing the federal workforce

Recent proposals to reduce the federal workforce are ambiguous and oversimplified, writes William R. Dougan, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees.

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DOD plays for high stakes with acquisition reform bid

Tech initiatives could feel the strain of DOD's tug-of-war between efficiency and spending.

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Devaney: Quality goes up when recipients report

Contractors and grant recipients want to save face and avoid unwanted attention, so their data has better quality, official testifies.

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Winkler: AKO is so much more than e-mail

Enterprise knowledge management, not enterprise e-mail, is the true value proposition of Army Knowledge Online, writes Gary Winkler, formerly the Army's program executive officer for enterprise information systems.

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Conference to advise agencies on e-rulemaking

The Administrative Conference will meet June 16 and 17 to vote on proposals to improve e-rulemaking.

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Rep. Issa tries oversight on recovery board model

A House bill would shift the USASpending.gov website's functions to a new online database, along with more detailed reports from groups and companies that receive government money.

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How to unlock the potential of a mobile federal workforce

Fully realizing the benefits of telework will require a significant departure from current practice, writes Cisco's Alan Balutis.

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10 superpowers for a new breed of social media leaders

GovLoop members suggest skills that are essential to the government’s emerging leaders in social media.