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Obama wants faster program reviews and more agency input
The administration wants to continually streamline what works and eliminate what doesn't work.
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USA.gov: Users speak their minds. Now what?
A forum about USA.gov drew a lot of responses, but many of them were not relevant to the Web portal.
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'Mystery shopper' technique could be effective counterterrorism tool
Steve Kelman writes that the government should use management tools to measure and improve its counterterrorism performance.
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2010 Federal 100 award winners announced
Federal Computer Week and the 1105 Government Information Group release the complete list of the 2010 winners of the Federal 100 awards.
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Do federal managers play favorites in career advancement?
Many workers think their managers promote based on favortism, but that's not necessarily so.
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SSA to share data with 15 more health information exchanges
The Social Security Administration awarded $17.4 million to 15 health information exchanges that will begin sharing their patient medical data with agency.
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Obama proposes expanding acquisition workforce
The administration says the government's spending has doubled, but the size of the workforce has remained generally constant.
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The 2.0 presidency: Obama to stage YouTube-based exchange
Experts say the president's Feb. 3 venture helps validate the role in social media in governance.
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Congress must revamp campaign finance online reporting, watchdog says
The recent Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate contributions to campaigns is creating a need for a robust, comprehensive online campaign finance reporting system, says the Sunlight Foundation.
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DOD and VA achieve interoperability on health records, GAO says
The Defense and Veteran Affairs departments have finally met their goal of making their digital health record systems compatible, says a new GAO report.
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NASA plans live video feed from space
NASA plans to stream live video from the International Space Station and broadcast it on the Internet beginning Feb. 1.
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What's hot on campus? Performance measurement
Blogger Steve Kelman is happy to report that the Kennedy School of Government has seen a serious uptick in the number of students interested in the issue of performance measurement in government.
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Agency tells employees not to mix professional, personal social media
EPA's interim social media policy encourages employees to use the emerging technology responsibly.
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SSA health exchange generates extra $2M for users, study finds
A health data exchange between MedVirginia and the Social Security Administration is generating extra revenue, a new report says.
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States improve transparency of Recovery Act spending
State governments in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Utah made the most dramatic progress in reporting publicly their federal economic stimulus spending online in the last six months, according to a new report.
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Social media tracks Census director's Alaska trip
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves' trip to a remote Alaskan village to kick off the 2010 count was chronicled via social media.
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Transition office established to hasten end of pay for performance
The Defense Department has created its National Security Personnel System Transition Office, which will oversee the conversion of about 200,000 DOD employees from the NSPS pay-for-performance system to a pre-NSPS personnel management system.
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GSA CIO tweets from endangered plane
FCW Insider recounts the story of General Services Administation CIO Casey Coleman's harrowing flight, during which a passenger attempted to open an exit door in mid-air.
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Recommended Reading: Candi on Content, down with privacy, and job interview tips.
Former govie on improving federal Web sites; Facebook CEO's argument for less privacy; tips for acing a job interview.
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