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GAO: OMB needs better oversight tools
The Office of Management and Budget needs to better track troubled IT projects after it puts them on a watch list, a new report says.
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Web 2.0 tools promote greater public involvement
Citizen-to-citizen networks allow people to use Web 2.0 capabilities to accomplish goals, self-organize and self-police.
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Kelman: Rethinking fixed-price contracting
It makes sense to convert some work to fixed-price contracts, but agencies will need more acquisition staff.
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Government needs wide net to recruit talent
Undergraduate and graduate business schools could help the federal government fill its need for contracting professionals.
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Official: SSA needs four ingredients for IT center's success
Replacing a massive data center, the Social Security Administration needs good coordination and careful management to keep the project on schedule and within its budget, GAO official says.
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OPM prods agencies to speed telework
The Obama administration lays out a plan to increase the number of federal employees that regularly telecommute.
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Health IT group wants incentives for EHRs
A health IT organization wants the Obama administration to take an incremental approach in implementing the economic stimulus law concerning electronic health records.
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New swine flu money could go for monitoring
The administration's request for $1.5 billion to deal with swine flu could fund disease monitoring and tracking.
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Officials: DOD acquisition workforce will grow
Defense Department officials are expanding the contracting workforce to better handle the money DOD is spending.
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Get a Life!: The perfect storm
Swine flu adds to a perfect storm of challenges for the new administration and federal workers, writes blogger Judy Welles.
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Kundra wants data more available
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra wants the government to make its data more available and services more accessible.
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OPM director sees major problems, bright spots
John Berry recognizes that little progress has been made since the 1980s in simplifying the hiring process and keeping federal pay equal to that in the private sector.
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Get a Life!: All in the family
Public service is sometimes a family affair with parents and children working for government, writes blogger Judy Welles.
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Obama officials to find $100M
As government spending increases, the president wants more cuts in departmental spending.
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Workshop to explore social-media privacy
The Homeland Security Department's Privacy Office will hold a conference to explore how the government's use of social media affects privacy.
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FCW Insider: A glimpse into the mind of the new CTO
From the FCW archives, two articles about intriguing ideas Chopra presented at a Virginia IT conference two and a half years ago.
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FCW Insider: Three quick takes on Aneesh Chopra
Here is the early buzz on Obama’s selection of Aneesh Chopra to serve as the federal government’s chief technology officer.
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Obama appoints Aneesh Chopra as CTO
Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology, will join the Obama administration as Chief Technology Officer.
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The writing on the wall
The nine most terrifying words in the English language, Ronald Reagan always liked to say, are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” I think we can now get that down to seven: “[Agency acronym here] would like to be your friend.”
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