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DHS seen needing strategic plan
The Homeland Security Department's Office of International Affairs needs an international strategic plan to improve its management of employees in other countries, the department's inspector general recommends.
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Paul Light scores the Bush reform agenda
Administration performance may not get a passing grade.
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Paul Light’s government score card
Federal Computer Week talks with government scholar Paul Light about IT, the workforce and Alexander Hamilton.
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OMB, FSIO publish financial standards
Common systems and processes among agencies promise to improve federal financial management, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
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VA teams with jobs Web site
The Veterans Affairs Department is working with a division of Monster Worldwide to help disabled veterans find jobs.
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CIO Council looks to IPv6's future
A council working group wants to discuss the next steps with industry.
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Also in the news: An Army blogger silenced
The Washington Post reports on a soldier-blogger in Iraq who ran afoul of his commanders.
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Also in the news: A pay cut for Ca. state workers?
Gov. Schwarzenegger plans to avert a budget crisis by temporarily reducing the pay of many state employees to the federal minimum wage, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Williams to follow Meagher at Interior
The former USDA deputy CIO will take the same post at Interior, with a stint in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence coming between those posts.
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Spending bill targets passport data security
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee threaten to withhold money from the State Department in fiscal 2009 if recommendations to improve passport data security are not followed.
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Execs rewarded under pay for performance
Alternative pay systems can be effective for the federal workforce, OPM official says.
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Louisiana gets a new CIO
Louisiana names Edward Driesse to serve as its new chief information officer.
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Letter: Internet gateways need more security
A reader suggests a collaborative effort to enhance Internet security among government, contractors and subcontractors.
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Letter: Proving the voting preference difficult
A reader writes that electronic voting machines "do not leave any evidence of how the vote was actually cast."
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Letter: The real issue: Voter-verified paper records
One reader explains what jurisdictions will be using as voting machines.
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Reader comment roundup
Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.
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OMB's high-risk list drops slightly
As the Bush administration moves toward its close, the Office of Management and Budget begins planning to pass management tools on to the next president.
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