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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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OMB directs use and proof of security settings

Agencies have received guidance from the Office of Management and Budget on how to apply the Federal Desktop Core Configuration to improve IT security.