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Penny-pinching strategies sprout from collaboration
The acquisition community is percolating with ideas for reducing costs, writes GSA's Mary Davie.
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Get a Life!: Advice on making that job change
Taking advantage of your current job can help in search for a new government position, writes blogger Judy Welles
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Many purchase agreements lack competition, GAO says
Agencies awarded 60 percent of 336 blanket purchase agreements to a single vendor, GAO says.
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Congress poised to kill DOD's pay-for-performance system
Labor unions have criticized the program for years.
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Klossner: The link between IT dashboards and '80s hair bands
Whatever the format, whatever the hardware, bad data is still bad data.
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Get a Life!: The etiquette of flu prevention
CDC and OPM offer advise to federal employees and HR offices on how to slow the spread of H1Ni.
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White House announces Gordon nomination for OFPP job
Gordon has a reputation for candor and evenhandedness, according to procurement observers and his public record.
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Likely OFPP nominee has history of standing firm
The White House has not formally announced Daniel Gordon’s nomination for the OFPP administrator job, but administration officials have faced Gordon already.
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Experts: Social media here to stay
While the Defense Department reviews the use of social-media tools, experts caution against trying to implement overly restrictive policies.
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GovLoop founder speaks
Steve Ressler, founder of GovLoop, answers questions about the recent sale of his social-media site to GovDelivery.
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State struggles to track contractor data: GAO
The data contractor personnel tracking system's information is so poor that GAO said it couldn't draw conclusions or recognize trends about contractor personnel numbers.
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IG hits VA's use of life cycle management for IT
The Veterans Affairs Department has not been applying its life cycle management principles to all of its large IT investments, according to a new IG report.
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Senior execs got 3.7 percent raise in fiscal 2008, OPM finds
An OPM report looks at rating and pay data for 7,467 career, non-career, and limited-term members of the SES, excluding Office of Inspector General SES members.
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Secret to her success: Loudon trains to be a leader
Deborah Loudon embraced leadership opportunities and dedicated herself to learning from each one, whether they led to success of failure.
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Secret to her success: Keen earns her influence
Susan Keen moved up through the male-dominated Navy executive structure by becoming a "steward of the whole," not just an "owner of a part."
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A new day for GovLoop
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler made headlines last week by selling his popular social-networking site to GovDelivery.
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Secret to her success: Hayes-Ryan gains confidence through peers
Karyn Hayes-Ryan learned from her mentors how to demand respect and exude confidence -- and she shares those lessons with a group of peers she refers to as the "girl zone."
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