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How to get permission to fail
Agencies can undertake risky projects, but they should expect Congress to be watching closely and demanding accountability.
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Federal CIO Kundra cites progress on IT reform plan
The Interior Department has elevated the role of its CIO and other agencies are likely to follow in coming months, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said.
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OPM's Berry: Performance and pay need not be linked
The federal government is looking to establish a new performance management system, according to a senior administration official.
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Proving value of open government falls to agencies
A panel at IRMCO describes the hazards of opening government data to the public.
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Chris Kemp to quit NASA's CTO job
Chris Kemp says he's leaving NASA to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams; expresses mixed feelings about the departure.
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Federal IT Dashboard has inaccurate data, GAO finds
The Office of Management and Budget’s IT Dashboard, a website intended to improve transparency by tracking the status of about 800 federal IT spending programs, has data flaws, according to a Government Accountability Office report released today.
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OPM seeks to elevate federal information management personnel
The Office of Personnel Management is moving to strengthen information management in the government.
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DOJ, agencies get mixed reviews on FOIA
Two separate reports have contrasting views of progress on transparency in federal agencies based on their responsiveness to Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Open source: Not rocket science
NASA is set to host an open-source summit to discuss the challenges, policies and governance of the open-source community in relation to the space agency.
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Telework centers: An idea whose time has come...and gone?
GSA's plan to shutter telework centers raises the question of whether it was truly telework to start with.
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5 steps to effective Gov 2.0 initiatives
Consultant Mark Madsen shows agencies how to turn social media into a powerful tool that can support larger organizational goals.
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In shutdown, military would work without pay
The Defense Department has outlined a draft contingency plan for a federal government shutdown to establish some policy decisions ahead of time, according to reports.
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Pay for performance back again
A congressman wants to consider pay for performance as part of a plan to shrink the government workforce.
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Federal workers become 'punching bag' in political wrangling
John Palguta discusses why feds seem to have become everyone's punching bag, in addition to the potential consequences of a smaller federal workforce and the role of federal managers in a time of tight budgets.
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Transparency advances slowed by data problems, groups say
White House and federal agency efforts to improve transparency are being hampered by data and reporting problems, according to testimony at a House hearing today.
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DOD hurt by speed, agility to access info, official says
Senators are warning about reverting to the pre-Sept. 11 days of hoarding information, and say instead that agencies need to balance security concerns with needs.
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Japan's earthquake shows strength of social networking in crisis
Social networks across the globe bonded to help with rescue efforts and information dissemination in Japan after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake.
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Budget battles put government unions on the spot
GovLoop members ponder the attacks on government employee unions in cash-strapped states.
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Changes afoot as GS-15s get younger
Government managers are becoming more youthful as a group, Steve Kelman observes.
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