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Some clearances based on faked screenings, review finds
Some clearance investigators are not actually doing all the work they claim to be, review reveals.
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Transportation Command wants greenhouse gas tracking
The U.S. Transportation Command wants help to develop ways to measure the carbon footprint of its vehicles.
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Warner introduces Senate version of spending tracking bill
Legislation sponsored by Virginia Democrat Mark Warner to set up a single Web-based platform to track federal spending is the Senate companion to a bill introduced by Rep. Darell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Telework tax traps managers should avoid
Out-of-state teleworkers could cause hidden tax worries for their employers.
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HHS to deploy new anti-fraud software for Medicare
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that new predictive fraud-catching tools for Medicare will go into effect on July 1.
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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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