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Social media apps defy government skeptics

Social-media proponents, on the defensive for so long, have reason to believe they are swaying the skeptics at federal agencies.

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Future Combat Systems: Lessons learned

A GAO official told a Senate subcommittee that FCS' successes and failures should inform the design of future modernization efforts.

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Open Government Dialogue: More greatest hits

Here is a selection of some of the latest ideas to surface during the second phase of the Obama administration's Open Government Dialogue.

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Kelman: Hybrid workforces complicate outsourcing reforms

Federal HR practices, more than sound contracting strategy, encourage blended workforce creation.

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Know your audience

There are six types of users who visit government Web sites, and a comprehensive open-government strategy must address each of them.

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Inventing Acquisition 2.0

The government needs a paradigm shift in the way it acquires goods and services. Web 2.0 tools and platforms could help form the foundation of a new system.

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EPA provides business intell, analytics tools in SaaS model

Environmental Protection Agency discovers that, despite a few glitches, Oracle business intelligence software can be shared across the entire agency.

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Writing from the dark side

1105 Government Information Group President Anne Armstrong hopes to shed some light with her new blog, Alinea.

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Spacebook brings secure social networking to NASA

The application is available to all NASA employees via the agency's intranet.

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Klossner: 18 wonderfully goofy ideas from the Open Government Dialogue

FCW cartoonist John Klossner has selected his favorite entries from the national online dialogue, including "Free Pizza Fridays."

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Health IT 'meaningful use' framework proposed

The federal Health IT Policy Committee today began considering a detailed framework for defining "meaningful use" of health IT through 2015.

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Get a Life!: Interview no-no's

If you are hiring for a vacancy or trying to change jobs yourself, avoiding interview no-no's might help, writes blogger Judy Welles.

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Can Johnson right the GSA ship?

The General Services Administration needs a leader who can restore it to its former luster – however beige it might have been.

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Air Force Cyber leader takes office

When Maj. Gen. Richard Webber takes command of the new organization in charge of the Air Force’s cyber mission, he will quickly face the challenge of making the mission relevant.

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Kennedy moves toward health reform

House and Senate Democratic leaders are putting health care reform legislation on a fast track, with information technology provisions on board the train.

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FDA stumbles toward transparency

Despite having little guidance on how to meet the Obama administration's transparency goals, the Food and Drug Administration is moving forward with plans.

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Customers creep away from GSA

During Martha Johnson’s nomination hearing to be administrator of the General Services Administration, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) struck at the core of a major issue for the procurement agency: departed customers.

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Kundra advocates open source

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra includes open source as one of the key technologies to make government work better and more cheaply, but open-source evangelists still see major roadblocks ahead that will take more than lip service — even if it is from the White House — to overcome.