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Secure Flight's takeoff questioned
A senior House Democrat said she is concerned about whether the Transportation Security Administration will be ready to pre-screen airline travelers by January 2009.
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NOAA launches maritime weather Web site
A new Web portal provides information on coastal wind and water conditions for the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
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Army mandates knowledge principles
Senior Army officials have mandated the adoption of 12 principles intended to foster the sharing of knowledge servicewide.
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Union likes work four-day work week
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asks the Office of Personnel Management what it would take to offer federal employees a four-day work week.
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Polishing your Twitter skills
Twitter users tell newcomers to dive in into the Twitter world while providing a few tips.
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Psst! Are you Twittering yet?
It’s no secret: Using Twitter’s short and sweet message blasts can be a great way to communicate.
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Editorial: New IT plans needed
What is needed in 2009 is a detailed technology plan for innovation in government.
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Sprehe: Seeking the records decider
It isn’t necessary to leave archiving decisions in the hands of users.
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Amtower: Future shock for fed workforce
Expect this fall’s election to trigger a landslide of retirements among senior career feds.
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DHS seeks Privacy Act exemptions
The Homeland Security Department wants to exempt its new immigration-related Fraud Detection and National Security Data System from some provisions of the Privacy Act.
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VA proposes contract preferences for veterans
Veterans Affairs Department officials intend to give priority to veterans as Congress mandated in a law passed in 2006.
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Carolina group backs away from new lab
Five states are competing for a high-tech laboratory that would identify and research the most dangerous pathogens that infect animals and plants.
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Senator upset by Williams appointment
Sen. Charles Grassley criticized the move to make Jim Williams acting administrator of the General Services Administration because of a controversy over a Sun Microsystems contract.
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GSA signs agreement on veterans' businesses
A veterans' group will try to link the General Services Administration and businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
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Bush names Williams acting GSA administrator
Despite a hold on Willliams' nomination, President Bush chooses him as acting head of the General Services Administration.
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BLM streamlines Web tool for permits
The Bureau of Land Management has restored online data related to oil and gas development on American Indian lands.
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Letter: Expand trusted-traveler program to frequent foreign visitors
One reader describes his 70-year-old mother's experience with Customs and Border Protection and explains why noncitizens should be included in the trusted-traveler program.
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