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SSA launches online retirement estimator

The Retirement Estimator links to a person’s actual Social Security earnings record, so the user does not have to manually key in years of earnings information, the agency states.

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FCW Insider: The return of Lurita

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Politics and bureaucracy hinder program performance

Agency managers face several obstacles to successfully leading large projects.

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DHS seeks cybersecurity capability info

The Homeland Security Department has requested information from vendors on how they can help the department with the EINSTEIN and TIC cybersecurity programs.

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The FCW Exit Interview: Robert Burton

Before retiring last week as deputy administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Robert Burton sat down with FCW.

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IG: Disability claims caught between DOD, VA

The Veterans Affairs Department needs tighter controls and more oversight to accelerate claims processing for seriously disabled veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the IG finds.

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Field named deputy OFPP administrator

OFPP policy analyst takes a top position in federal acquisition

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Group honors GSA's IG, other whistleblowers

Government employees who exposed misdeeds are praised in a watchdog group's report.

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FCW Insider: The presidential candidates and IT

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DISA expands cloud services

DISA now provides a self-service approach with the Rapid Access Computing Environment.

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House defeats paper ballot funding

Privacy advocates are not happy that the House decided not to fund an effort to provide a paper-based backup system to electronic voting.

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FCW's The Week

Find links to articles in the July 21, 2008, issue and related items.

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FCW Insider: Jerry Williams rumored to be the next DOI deputy CIO

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Buzz of the week: The art of the retirement speech

With so many government employees approaching retirement, we're beginning to hear many agency executives deliver truly inspiring exit speeches to friends, family and future agency leaders.

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Q&A: Upcoming defense IT challenges

John Hendler, former chief scientist for information systems at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, weighs in on NMCI's upcoming challenges.

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Navy wants to be the decider

With its follow-on contract for NMCI, the Navy plans to take the lead on key decisions.

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OMB claims progress on HSPD-12

In its latest implementation progress report, the Office of Management and Budget says agencies have made significant strides .

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DOD is rechecking some purchases

A contracting panel finds problems with some Defense Department contracting documentations and sole-source acquisitions.

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Survey: Program managers need more support

Lack of training, insufficient executive support and poor policy design keep the those managers from successfully implementing programs, survey reports.