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Rising Star: Kimberly Lyimo
Lyimo, chief of portfolio-related services at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, started assessing ATF’s unfunded, mission-critical information technology portfolio.
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Rising Star: David Lee
Lee's consolidated, online training program for 425 IT support workers.
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Rising Star: Jonathan Alboum
Alboum, CIO at Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service, led the creation of the project management office.
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Rising Star: Tricia Reed: Passion compensates for lack of authority
Reed took on the task of opening up GSA schedules to emergency responders.
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Rising Stars: The class of 2008
The Rising Stars are remarkable people who don't get enough recognition.
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Buzz of the Week: A cyberwar paradox
There was an odd juxtaposition last week between the Russian/Georgian conflict and the Defense Department’s cyber warfare efforts.
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Old-school recordkeeping meets the Digital Age
Authorities offer different prescriptions for managing electronic files.
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Agencies struggle with pay for performance
Many believe in rewarding results, but the details on how it can work prove devilish.
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Editorial: Youthful thinking
The next administration has a unique opportunity to change the way government does business and is managed.
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Audit hits companies on set-aside funds
Two Alaska Native Corporations failed to tell the Small Business Administration about paying non-native managers more than $23 million in set-aside funds, an audit finds.
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Project will document Bush-era agency sites
The Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office and several other organizations have joined to document federal agency Web pages before the Bush administration ends.
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Purchaser sees a bright future ahead
Purchasing will become an agency executive’s top priority, according to a Georgia state official.
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State turns buyers into strategists
Georgia officials transform a disheveled procurement system into tactical buying machine.
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Pointers: Carey’s recommended reads
Robert Carey, chief information officer at the Navy Department shares his reading suggestions this week.
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Kelman: Hiring outside of the box
Government tries to heal a self-inflicted wound with new approaches to recruiting talent.
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Agencies seek to standardize trade data
Several agencies are preparing to integrate the collection and sharing of international trade data across the government.
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Letter: Terrorism intelligence key info for fusion centers
A reader supports the Justice Department proposal and writes, "Fusing terror and criminal intelligence is not only logical, it's right for our country."
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Service leaders mull future of Cyber Command
A spokesman confirmed that Air Force executives are reviewing several programs, including the Cyber Command.
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