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Final rule on E-Verify said to burden contractors

A final rule published today will put major burdens on federal contractors to screen employees and new hires through the E-Verify system, an industry representative says.

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Letter: Change.gov and YouTube not compliant with disability regulations

A reader writes that President-elect Barack Obama's transition site, Change.gov, and posting addresses to YouTube do not meet regulations for people with disabilities.

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Letter: The federal workforce has two big problems

A reader shares his observations of what ails the federal workforce.

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Transition Watch: Obama to post weekly message on YouTube

The Obama White House will also conduct online question-and-answer sessions and video interviews, the Washington Post reports

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DOD seeks expanded net-centric services

DISA wants to incorporate collaboration tools into command-and-control operations.

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Road map supports expanding CFO roles

The Council for Excellence in Government has provided a compilation of required and emerging decision-making responsibilities of federal financial management executives.

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DHS seeks input on revised infrastructure protection plan

The Homeland Security Department is asking for suggestions as it prepares to publish a new version of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan next year.

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Buzz of the Week: Obama, the tech president

President-elect Barack Obama is preparing for a much-hyped technologically advanced administration by picking a chief technology officer for the government.

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Transition Watch: CSC VP to review GSA for transition team

Team will prepare incoming administration to address the agency's issues.

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Ruling could end some set-aside programs

A court ruled that the Defense Department could not justify contract preferences for minority-owned businesses because DOD could not show that they were being discriminated against.

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Transition Watch: Obama CTO needs clear authority, former feds say

The new position needs the power to effect collaborative and technical transformation.

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Transition Watch: Talk heats up about CTO job description

As well as speculation over who would take the job as the government’s chief technology officer under President-elect Obama, there’s almost as much talk about what the CTO would do once in office.

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FCW Insider: Career exec as deputy CTO?

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A tipping point for NIEM?

Policy initiatives have aided the fast adoption of information-sharing standards framework.

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Google tool seeks to track flu trends

The query-based system may be as much as two weeks faster than traditional disease-surveillance methods.

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Get smart

Here is Dave Wennergren’s list of 10 books that are valuable for information leaders.

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Leadership by the book

DOD’s Dave Wennergren spreads a gospel of trust, information sharing and enlightened management through selective reading.

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The 13 behaviors for cultivating trust

These behaviors stem from character, competence, or a combination of the two.

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The 4 cores of credibility

The key to building trust in organizations is alignment — linking an organization’s design around those cores and behaviors.

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Organizational success: A matter of trust

Leaders will reap dividends if they align their organizations with core principles and behaviors that increase trust.