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DHS plans to grow cybersecurity workforce by 50 percent
The Homeland Security Department's cybersecurity workforce will grow by more than 50 percent by October 2012, a DHS official says.
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Is your hometown losing anti-terrorism funding?
As part of $170 million in cuts, the Homeland Security Department is withholding anti-terrorism funding to 32 cities.
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Retired feds rally for second tour of acquisition duty
The federal government rehired 125 retired federal employees in 2010 for its acquisition workforce, according to an Office of Federal Procurement Policy report.
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Pondering the future of tech talent in government
FCW readers are ambivalent about the role of IT workers in the federal government.
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Feds can learn about telework from small business
An expert examines the wireless tools teleworkers need.
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Intelligence takes the spotlight at DOD
Defense intelligence is closed by nature, but now the door is opening to let in open-source and Web 2.0 technologies -- and they're changing the way DOD operates.
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Lawmakers push Obama about IG vacancies
Senate and House members asked President Obama to nominate experienced inspectors general to fill vacant spots.
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Capitol smackdown: YouTube launches Town Hall channel for debates
YouTube’s new channel, YouTube Town Hall, creates a type of online debate between members of Congress by presenting side-by-side videos of members discussing popular issues.
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Streamlined job application process pays off, OPM says
The time it takes to hire a new federal employee has decreased thanks to changes in the hiring process, OPM says.
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Federal IT community mourns loss of Carleton Jones
Jones, 68, had served in top leadership roles with Indus and other federal IT firms.
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VA expects to save $16B by going open source for health records
VA CIO Roger Baker said choosing open source to modernize VA's digital health records system will help the department avoid spending $16 billion on a commercial solution.
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GSA's Davie to lead technology council
Davie will serve as executive president of the American Council for Technology's new Executive Committee.
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VA’s Baker: Commercial software is often the best option
Agencies cannot afford to develop proprietary technology when commercial software is so readily available, said the VA CIO.
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Using data to spur organizational change
Human capital data should be used to create organizational change, but this can only happen if business managers are engaged by the information collected, an official with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said.
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Telework: An untapped recruiting tool
As federal agencies compete for the best recruits, telework can be an attractive lure.
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McClure: How to succeed (and fail) at innovation
Federal agencies looking to ride the current wave of innovation should avoid a common pitfall, said the associate administrator of GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.
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Workforce, budget dominate talk of IT solutions
Two panelists at the Management of Change conference touched on the workforce with different perspectives during a discussion on May 16.
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State Department computer glitch voids thousands of visa awards
As many as 55,000 visa awards were rescinded after the problem was discovered.
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Metrics take the guesswork out of Gov 2.0
Agencies need the right mix of best practices, standard tools and custom benchmarks to demonstrate the legitimacy of their Gov 2.0 efforts.
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