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OMB tells agencies to cut billions from contracts
OMB issued three memos today that outline $40 billion in savings on contract spending. It told agencies to cut seven percent from their budgets for contractors.
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Acquisition workforce needs own category, analyst says
A new government job series should include program management, contracting officers, and a new function named “requirements management,” which would be “a professionalized super COTR.”
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EHR standard released by public/private group
The primary standards body for health IT has released a specification for EHRs designed for the economic stimulus law.
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Kundra helps in search for procurement policy leader
Vivek Kundra said the OFPP administrator should understand the overall challenges in government procurement and be able to speed up the acquisition of rapidly changing technologies.
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Get a Life!: Got a childish boss?
Blogger Judy Welles looks at a new book compares dealing with toddlers to handling troublesome bosses.
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Talking ourselves to death
FCW cartoonist John Klossner ponders how many useful suggestions it takes to make the Open Government Dialogue a success?
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Something to tweet about
Perhaps there is no better way to discuss the value and vagaries of using social media in government than to take the conversation to a social-media platform.
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Blumenthal defers judgment on FISMA use
The top federal official for health IT is reserving judgment on whether all entities engaged in sharing health information ought to comply with FISMA
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Open Government conference roundup
The Open Government and Innovations conference, held in Washington, D.C., last week, featured lively dialogue and debate on a variety of topics, including social media, acquisition reform and health care information technology.
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Transparency meets skepticism
Government and industry tout the benefits of being transparent and collaborative, but neither wants to bear the attendant criticism and concerns.
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Military health records project set to expand
A Defense Department pilot program designed for easy access to medical files could propel government and military recordkeeping into the 21st century, a CIO said.
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9 contracts that changed IT procurement
Most contracts come and go, but some change the procurement landscape and leave a legacy that will last for decades.
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Give yourself a break
Even though you might not think you can take time away from your important job or that you can’t afford to do so, forgoing vacation can make everything worse.
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Past performance returns
After years of benign neglect from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, it looks like the use of past-performance data in contractor selection might be back on the agenda.
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Web 2.0 increases demand for data visualization tools
Data visualization tools offer new and more effective ways to represent and present complex data patterns graphically.
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DOD at work on social media policy
The first day of the Open Government and Innovations Conference featured lively discussions about transparency and innovation.
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Who's on First?
Key IT and acquisition jobs remain unfilled in the Obama administration and even the rumormill is strangely quiet.
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Emerging plans could make government a model workplace
Plans for making government a model workplace are starting to appear on the work life front.
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DOD is top source of 2009 Rising Star award winners
The Defense Department seems to have a knack for either attracting or nurturing rising stars in the field of information technology.
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