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Get a Life!: Improving Hiring
A recent report warns that government needs to hire 11,500 workers in IT by 2012. But skeptics warn that with the current hiring process, it ain’t gonna happen.
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Reader feedback: Smaller pay raise wins some support
Most FCW readers are not happy that President Barack Obama wants to trim the 2010 federal pay raise, but a surprising number support the move.
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States will get federal help for electronic health records programs
State Medicaid directors will be reimbursed for 90 percent of their administrative costs for overseeing incentive payments for some health IT programs, CMS says.
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Gov 3.0: The future revealed in 7 lists
7 federal IT bloggers worth bookmarking, 10 bloggers on the government IT beat; The top 10 agencies on Twitter; and more...
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5 talking points for a debate about employee poaching
Federal managers are taking a closer look at what government contractors have to offer. But it’s not their products or services the managers are after: It’s their employees.
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Get a Life!: Recession puts premium on good management
During tough financial times, good morale can translate into continued productivity, recent surveys have found.
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5 proposed rules that could rock the acquisition community
The acquisition landscape has been changing in the past several years, and now lawmakers and regulators are working on writing stricter rules and setting new precedents.
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Regulators propose database on contractors' past work
The system would contain specific information on the integrity and performance of contractors and federal grantees.
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Obama wants smaller raises for fed employees
Citing the economic downturn and skyrocketing federal budget, the president announced he intends to trim government employees' Jan. 1 raise.
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VA says it has new system to prevent IT mismanagement
In response to criticism from its inspector general's office, the department said it has set up a new oversight system to improve its IT management.
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5 decisions that will determine the fate of e-health records
The road ahead is still bumpy for EHRs, but experts say success hinges on the outcomes of five major decisions.
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5 reasons why DOD should embrace social media (and 5 reasons why not)
We asked some experts to present the arguments on both sides of the debate over the use of social media at DOD.
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Unions critical of NSPS overhaul decision
Federal employee unions have sharply criticized the recommendation of the Defense Business Board to overhaul, and not abandon, Defense Department’s controversial National Security Personnel System.
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VA blames coding error for fatal disease scare
The VA now blames computer coding error for wrongly informing about 620 veterans that they have the fatal Lou Gehrig's disease.
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SSA testing Microsoft HealthVault
SSA has made an agreement with Microsoft HealthVault to link to patient medical data to improve the determinations of disability.
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Feds to contractors: Stop whining about employee poaching
Federal employees, long accustomed to seeing their co-workers lured away by the promise of riches in the private sector, can’t be blamed for enjoying a little schadenfreude.
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HHS strikes out on search for new telehealth center
HHS says it hasn't gotten any applications to run a national telehealth center.
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State and local health IT spending to hit $9.6 billion by 2014
State and local governments are projected to spend 4.6 percent more per year on health IT through 2014, according to Input Inc., a market research firm.
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