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Army program signals future of recent acquisition reforms, official says

Government overseers question if Army officials will successfully carry out reforms on buying weapons systems.

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OPM director discourages move to pay for performance at hearing

Are feds overpaid, underpaid or paid just right? Lawmakers hear competing arguments at a hearing that could lead to changes in the pay system.

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Blog fail! 3 blogs that just don't cut it.

Here are a handful of federal blogs that aren't winners, for one reason or another.

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Pay-for-performance effort begins

The first hearing in what a Florida Congressman says will be an effort to couple pay-for-performance with an overall workforce reduction is set for today.

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NARA's spending plan for electronic archive isn't reliable, GAO says

The National Archives and Records Administration had unreliable cost estimates and other weaknesses in its spending plan for the final year of developing its digital archive, a new report says.

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Connolly works to make green concepts practical

Mindy Connolly, GSA's new chief acquisition officer, takes a practical view of federal procurement policy.

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Furlough survival guide for managers

If federal employees have to take furloughs, managers will have to cope with absences. Here are some tips from the experts to guide you through it.

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Teri Takai leaves CIO job open

With the departure of former California CIO Teri Takai to be DOD's CIO, the floodgates have opened for new candidates who have a handle on IT strategy.

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Senator requests GAO review of CIO role

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has expressed interest in updating the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 in a letter she sent to the Government Accountability Office last month.

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Groups ready for disaster drill to use social media

San Diego State University's Immersive Visualization Center is sponsoring a major online disaster drill that will use Twitter, Facebook and geotagging tools.

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OPM updates unscheduled telework option

The Office of Personnel Management is revising its dismissal and closure procedures for the Washington, D.C., area after January’s snowstorm commute that left some people stranded on the road for up to 13 hours.

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Pay for performance back on the table

Pay for performance, an idea that has had a problematic history in the federal government, is back in play, according to one report.

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Kundra's subsidy for mobile devices gets chilly reception

FCW readers largely dislike Vivek Kundra's idea to use personal technology on the job.

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The dangers of a 'colorblind' workplace

Efforts to ignore racial differences in the workplace can make it harder for people to work together, writes Steve Kelman.

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OPM report chronicles performance progress

The Office of Personnel Management has posted its annual report card on how well the agency met its key human resources goals in the past fiscal year.

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Agencies admit to bad records management

The National Archives and Records Administration released its second annual survey of 270 agencies' records management abilities.

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12 telework centers shuttered

Telework centers in the D.C. region had until to Monday to decide whether or not they had enough funding to keeps doors open.

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Government shutdown temporarily averted

A continuing resolution to fund the government until March 18 temporarily staves off fears of employee furloughs and program interruptions that would come with a federal shutdown.

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3 skills IT pros should possess

O'Reilly Media CIO Jonathan Reichental says coordination, analysis and innovation skills are in high demand these days.

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GAO identifies billions in potential savings from duplicative federal programs

There are dozens of duplicative, overlapping and fragmented federal programs that could be cut for savings, GAO says.