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FAA puts IT projects on fast track
The Federal Aviation Administration is slowly saying good-bye to IT projects that take multiple years to deliver results, and is assigning select projects six-month deadlines, according to a senior official.
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Government shutdown could get postponed
It now seems likely that a feared government shutdown at the end of this week will be averted, but the reprieve is only temporary. If Congress can't agree on a budget deal soon, the threat will return in two weeks.
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Painter to top cyber spot at State
Cyber law enforcement veteran Chris Painter takes the top cybersecurity role at the State Department
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Please pass the peas, Mr. President
President Obama had dinner with tech luminaries, and no one tweeted.
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VA CIO says department has $700M carryover money for IT
The Veterans Affairs Department's IT budget is facing cuts in fiscal 2012, but there is $700 million in leftover funds from previous years, says CIO Roger Baker.
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GSA telepresence centers coming soon
The General Services Administration expects to have 15 telepresence sites – or virtual meeting rooms in federal buildings – up and running in April or May of this year, according to a senior GSA official.
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Data overload threatens with rise of smart tech and real-time sensors
The government needs to get smart about handling the coming flood of real-time, sensor-based data, writes consultant Marc Demarest.
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New federal deputy CTO chosen
Former San Francisco CIO named U.S. Deputy CTO for Government Innovation in Executive Office of the President.
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OPM report generates more debate about telework
In telework news from around the Web: A growing number of ad hoc teleworkers; 6 ingredients of a telework strategy; Is telework fraud, 'plain and simple'?
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5 steps to better technology budgets
A clear decision-making process is the key to achieving agency goals in these lean economic times, writes Decision Lens' Kevin Connor.
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Government shutdown could leave many in limbo
Shutdowns are largely political moves, but many people, pay and procurements hang in the balance.
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Engaging the public in federal rulemaking, Gov 2.0-style
Getting more people involved in federal rulemaking is not easy, but the Regulation Room website is seeing some interesting results.
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House rejects freeze of merit-based pay increases
By a wide margin, the House on Feb. 19 rejected a measure that would have extended the federal pay freeze to merit-based pay increases. It would have jeopardized step increases for hundreds of thousands of federal employees paid under the General Schedule pay system.
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Valuable lessons to consider before reorganizing the federal government
The government’s experience in setting up the Homeland Security Department provides a cautionary tale for the Obama administration as it starts to reorganize the government, experts say.
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Benefits of contract management need no proof
Many experts support the notion that investing more resources in contract management will yield savings. But they question whether we need to test the theory.
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NARA's digital archive falters as others soar
Consultant Frank A. McDonough offers three examples of electronic archives that outshine NARA's troubled effort to preserve government records.
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More feds teleworking, OPM reports
More than 10 percent of eligible federal employees now telework, according to the Office of Personnel Management’s annual Status of Telework Report.
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Federal employees would face firings for delinquent taxes
Sens. Tom Coburn and Claire McCaskill have reintroduced a bill that goes after federal employees who are tax deadbeats.
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House lawmakers want to freeze feds' pay for step increases, bonuses
Republican House members have proposed amendments to the continuing resolution bill to put new freezes on federal employees' salaries.
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