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Congress seeks insourcing through cataloging contracts
A spending bill headed for passage would require inventories of services contracts to show agencies’ reliance on the private sector and how agencies could save money by insourcing.
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Social media called just another communications tool
Social media won't replace traditional communications but will instead be another way government can communicate with the public, experts said at the Government 2.5 conference.
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Sebelius outlines open government projects
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeks to make government more open by sponsoring a YouTube video contest and a Web site for CDC employees.
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'Daily Show’ chides Kundra, Chopra, and burns TSA
Jon Stewart took some jabs at Kundra and Chopra on the Daily Show for some awkward moments in a recent episode of Open for Questions.
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Open government officials to testify before Senate panel
A Senate task force plans to examine how technology can help measure how government agencies perform.
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FDA readies new data systems for drug safety
The Food and Drug Administration will expand its tracking of drug safety once the drugs enter the marketplace, according to a new report.
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Game changer: Open Government Directive puts new onus on agencies
White House lays out new data transparancy mandates—with deadlines.
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White House open government directive arrives today
White House officials plan to release the open government directive today during a live Web chat with the federal chief technology and chief information officers.
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New study finds feds less prepared to work remotely than industry counterparts
Sixty percent of feds wouldn't be prepared to work remotely if their offices couldn't open, according to the results of a survey of IT executives released today.
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Weighing Web 2.0
Web 2.0 tools are not a slam-dunk as program management helpers, so consider the following pitfalls before taking the plunge.
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The dawn of the 2.0 presidency
The foremost story of 2009 has been the transition from the Bush administration to President Barack Obama's administration -- and all the power shifts that trickle down through technology, policy, procurement and management in government.
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Shelf Life: Readings on Web 2.0
Here is a selection of the best articles on Web 2.0 from 2009.
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The year of Gov 2.0: A timeline
The Obama administration made social networking business as usual across government.
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Is Gov 2.0 just another passing fad? ...
Much like the emergence of the Web some 15 years ago, the latest version of online interaction and information sharing promises to insinuate itself into every corner of government.
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Transparency, social-media policies stuck in limbo
Although deadlines have been missed for issuing the open-government directive and DOD’s social-media policy, efforts in both areas continue to evolve.
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NASA chooses Diaz to lead IT consolidation project
Deborah Diaz will lead NASA’s $4 billion IT consolidation project, an official confirmed today.
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GSA saves money with contract reviews, IG says
GSA saved money with pre-award reviews of proposed contracts, the agency's IG says.
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A silver lining in the federal retirement wave
First the bad news: In just four years, half of the permanent full-time federal workforce will be eligible to retire. What’s more, a majority of the retirees will be supervisors, according to the Merit Systems Protection Board in a new report. Now the good news: Think of the opportunity this gives federal agencies to put a new stamp on their entire workforce.
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Program management meets Web 2.0
Program managers must take the time to choose the right social-media tools to improve how they communicate and collaborate with their teams.
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