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Council honors Marty Wagner with Distinguished Service Award
Former GSA official Frank McDonough reports on the award ceremony held earlier this month by the International Council for Technology in Government Administration.
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On Thanksgiving, fed IT leaders count their blessings
We asked your colleagues what they're thankful for this Thanksgiving.
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Telework bill finally on president's desk
Legislation is an attempt to greatly increase the number of federal employees allowed to telework, but its critics say it won't do the job.
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Is every tweet and Facebook post worth archiving?
Agencies are looking for ways to save Web 2.0 content, but NARA is still refining its policy on social media content.
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Data.gov sets up open data communities page
White House officials have added a community participation feature to the Data.gov site.
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Administration uses IT to cut improper payments
Agencies show a good start toward reaching the goal of reducing improper payments by $50 billion by the end of 2012, officials said.
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GAO gets latest report on performance
The Government Accountability Office had 15 performance goals to meet. How did it do in comptroller's report?
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Agencies hiring more veterans, but progress is slow
Agencies are making progress in meeting the goals of an executive order issued by President Obama last November to encourage the hiring of vets into federal jobs.
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Tracking bill could cost $75M, CBO says
The $75 million would be in addition to the $50 million to $100 million the government spends annually to meet current GPRA mandates.
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Federal pay raise challenged, but union head defends it
Colleen Kelley, president of a federal employee union, argues that federal salaries are not excessive.
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Education plan outlines IT goals
The Education Department released its final plan for leveraging technology to improve learning and teaching.
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5 enduring flaws of IT performance
A group of current and former government executives has identified five perpetual but fixable problems with government IT performance, Alan Balutis writes.
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10 ways to improve IT project management
In advance of OMB’s upcoming big announcement, blogger Alan Balutis offers up some last minute suggestions on how to improve IT management.
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Are there any good GS-9 jobs out there?
The federal government could do a better job of keeping young feds on the job if it created more opportunities for them to do interesting work, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
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Who will be the next Army CIO?
With the retirement of Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson as Army chief information officer, the military IT community is now wondering who will fill the formidable shoes he leaves behind.
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Union hopes to help new lawmakers see benefits of fed workforce
With Republican lawmakers set to take over the House, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union said the union will seek to educate new lawmakers on the importance of the federal workforce -- and the dangers a proposed hiring freeze would pose to taxpayers.
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NARA issues guidance for identifying official records on social media
NARA head David Ferriero urges federal managers to be vigilant about identifying and preserving official records on Facebook, Twitter, wikis and blogs.
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Government turnover elevated in mission-critical arenas
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton has found that attrition rates for government employees are high in some fields, including among mission-critical employees and new hires.
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