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Agencies embrace research analytics in push for greater efficiency
Analytical and reporting tools help agencies improve the delivery and performance of public services.
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Federal procurement nominee outlines agenda
Gordon tells a Senate committee he would emphasize the acquisition workforce.
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NSPS is dead; long live NSPS
The National Security Personnel System, or pay for performance, may have been killed by Congress and President Obama but that doesn't mean it's dead. There's a provision in the bill that makes it possible for someone to free it from the grave.
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New contractor database draws fire
Industry and good-government groups criticize a new database that would be used to judge contractors before making awards.
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Some IT projects may have $2 billion in overruns, GAO says
The GAO found $2 billion in cost overruns compared with original estimates for 16 major IT projects.
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Military uses social media to share info on Fort Hood shootings
Facebook and Twitter quickly became a way to communicate during and after the attack.
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HHS to award health-data network contracts by year's end
HHS is planning to award a series of competitive contracts for the Nationwide Health Information Network later this year.
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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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