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FCW Insider: OFPP's Denett ready to depart
The FCW Insider hears that Paul Denett has informed the Office of Management that he will leave at the beginning of September.
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DHS official defends HSIN Next Gen
An official from the Homeland Security Department said the new version of DHS' collaborative unclassified data-sharing platform will be more secure and better meet users needs.
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FEMA close to adopting standard for emergency alerts
Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to adopt the Common Alerting Protocol 1.1 for the national emergency warning and alert system by early next year, agency officials said.
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Letter: OSD using wrong formula to solve modernization symptoms
A reader writes that the Government Accountability Office should get to the root of DOD's modernization issues.
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Also in the news: TSA HR contract under protest
Washington Technology reports that Avue Technologies has filed a protest against TSA's recent award of a $1.2 billion human resources contract to Lockheed Martin Corp.
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Performance comes into focus
Armed with better metrics, agencies have an opportunity to improve under-performing programs.
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GAO: VA’s HealtheVet needs plans
The Veterans Affairs Department's medical information system needs a management plan and a governance structure, the Government Accountability Office says.
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Can agencies take the new iPhones seriously?
With more users clamoring for Apple's latest phones, IT leaders must decide if these phones are smart enough to handle an agency's needs.
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DOD maps out plans for improving data
Public scrutiny requires agencies to eliminate errors, procurement official says.
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DOD adopts new policy on third-party PKIs
The Defense Department’s decision to accept third-party public-key infrastructures should have a broad effect on contractors and defense agencies, according to an official in the office of DOD's chief information officer.
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House votes to kill restrictions on DHS grants
The House has passed a measure that would remove restrictions on how state and local authorities can spend DHS grants to sustain their intelligence fusion centers.
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IRS called lax on payroll tax cheaters
The Internal Revenue Service has relied on voluntary compliance by businesses that avoid paying payroll taxes even with evidence of criminal activity, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.
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Committee approves Williams nomination
A Senate panel was satisfied by Jim Williams' answers to questions about a contract with Sun Microsystems, but Sen. Charles Grassley plans to put a hold on the nomination.
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FCW Insider: Where OMB's Shea is heading
The FCW Insider also provides identifies the acting chief information officer at Education Department.
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A new management agenda
Paul Light's book discusses the agenda for reform and other challenges in government.
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Burns: The not so invisible hand
Government Web site managers play an important role in ensuring the right content reaches the right people.
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GAO: DOD's modernization needs improvement
Some Defense Department high-risk projects that use information technology may fall behind schedule, exceed their budgets and not deliver the results promised, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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ACLU: fusion centers need more oversight
Congress needs to increase oversight and develop standards for how information is shared though state and local intelligence fusion centers, the civil liberties group says.
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