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For federal pay, the answer hasn't changed
Despite the latest partisan rhetoric, there's reason to believe that Democrats and Republicans could come to terms on a more flexible, market-sensitive federal salary system, writes consultant Howard Risher.
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Energy's mission for cutting-edge communications
The Energy Department's Cammie Croft talks about the challenges of being a social media advocate in the federal government and the importance of staying on the front lines of new technology.
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Shutdown Watch: OMB addresses shutdown questions; budget talks continue at White House
Funding for the government will expire at midnight tomorrow, April 8.
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Shutdown would highlight government's IT dependence, experts say
Many crucial IT systems would halt and leave the government in uncharted territory in a shutdown — and history provides little guidance for how to respond.
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Former Rep. Steve Horn, IT management advocate, dies
Former Rep. Steve Horn, who chaired a subcommittee focused on government management and IT, helped agencies deal with cybersecurity and other IT management issues.
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DOD shuns Web-only brain injury tools
The Pentagon is upgrading its chief brain injury assessment tool, but some officials are criticizing its reliability.
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Industry dealings could be more transparent in open-source tracking system
Former White House Deputy CTO Beth Noveck is promoting an open-source system to identify and label the 18 million business entities in the United States.
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Half of funding for Data.gov, IT Dashboard restored in latest CR
House GOP lawmakers are proposing a 50 percent cut in open government initiatives including Data.gov and the IT Dashboard.
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Telework Enhancement Act: Easing into a new mindset
The sponsor of the Telework Enhancement Act talks about the progress agencies are making, what has held back telework in the past and how those obstacles can be overcome.
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Managing teleworkers can be business as usual
Manager resistance to telework often revolves around perceived challenges of monitoring remote workers' performance, but some telework veterans say separate oversight isn't needed.
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Teleworkers stay in the loop
Popular perceptions of telework as the playground for slackers and the disconnected don't jibe with reality, studies show.
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Making federal managers into successful teleworkers
With the passage of the Telework Enhancement Act last year, there is a strong push in the government to increase the number of federal employees -- including managers -- who telework on a regular basis.
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Administration provides shutdown details: What you can expect
Although President Barack Obama has repeatedly denounced a government shutdown in recent weeks, officials in his administration say they are cognizant that funding for the government expires April 8 and contingency plans are being prepared.
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Shutdown Watch: OPM shares furlough information; Progress on 2011 budget is mixed
The impending government shutdown could put up to 800,000 feds temporarily out of work.
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VA CIO erred in firing Martinez, judge rules
An administrative judge has reversed a decision by Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker that removed a VA deputy assistant secretary from her job.
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Agencies use social media to bust gangs
Police agencies are using social networks to identify and capture suspects, but the officers need to be careful using the sites, panelists said at a conference April 5.
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Managers get bad reviews for performance reviews
Workforce morale would grow by leaps and bounds if federal managers delivered more accurate performance reviews, FCW readers say.
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Better performance management starts with better supervisors
Improving the process of evaluating federal employees is a challenge, but experts have lots of good advice.
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GOP budget proposal would cut feds, extend pay freeze
House Republicans have released their fiscal 2012 budget proposal, including a bid to shrink the federal workforce and extend a pay freeze.
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