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5 pitfalls that derail EVM success
Earned value management is here to stay as a project management tool. But too many agencies still make common mistakes when using it.
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VA wants to share aging health IT system
VA CIO Roger Baker has asked IAC for help in formulating ideas to spread the department's health information technology system more broadly into the private sector
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GSA starts training to end misuse of schedules contracts
Task orders have become the primary means that agencies use to buy things, but procurement officers don't always understand the regulations, officials say.
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Don't retire until you read this!
If you are planning to retire at the end of the year, or if you could retire but the economy has made you unsure, there are things you need to know.
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Research questions link between pay and performance
A researcher has found that the closer the link between pay and performance, the lower the level of performance.
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4 approaches to pay for performance
Experts suggest various ways the Obama administration could move toward pay for performance without repeating the mistakes made with NSPS.
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Obama gives the heave-ho to DOD pay for performance
One union official said the National Security Personnel System was grounds for a class-action lawsuit and stripped employees’ rights to collectively bargain pay rates with union backing.
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New law has engineers poised for more management duties
The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 highlights the need to give systems engineers greater responsibility and authority, writes John A. Thomas.
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Performance management in action
Management experts often cite the following two projects as evidence that pay for performance can work in government.
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Empirical evidence can help inform debate about whether a management approach will improve government
Good empirical evidence about a phenomenon can help inform the debate about whether a management approach will improve government or not, Steve Kelman writes.
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Work to rule
In the physics of the workplace, every management action there will be, by definition, an equal and opposite reaction on the part of employees. So what are we to make of the demise of the National Security Personnel System?
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Vendors flock to HHS's health information exchange
HHS' Connect software for health information exchange has been distributed to hundreds of organizations that who are starting to use it.
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As NSPS ends, employees wait for what's next
Details about how DOD's pay-for-performance system will end—and what will replace it—are still being worked out, experts say.
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Readers write: Is pay-for-performance harmful or good?
The impending demise of DOD's pay-for-performance system has provoked some strong reactions, and many commenters are not sorry to see it go.
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Pay for performance haunted by NSPS failure
The imminent demise of the National Security Personnel System leaves many wondering about the prospects for pay for performance in government.
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Panel seeks Rx for secure health data exchange
A workgroup hears about the problems in implementing common standards for an electronic health care data exchange.
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Disease surveillance through a murky crystal ball
Critics say too many systems are collecting data on disease outbreaks with little coordination among them.
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CDC expands flu-tracking efforts
The H1N1 swine flu virus has created an urgent need for public health authorities to track where and how quickly the illness is spreading.
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Obama signs bill that kills DOD pay-for-performance system
Critics say the pay-for-performance system is unfair.
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