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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.

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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.