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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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Military Health System seeks options for AHLTA
MHS is reviewing recommendations on the feasibility of developing a joint DOD/VA electronic medical record system, among other possibilities.
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NARA joins World Digital Library project
The National Archives and Records Administration will contribute digital versions of historically and culturally significant documents to an online international library expected to come online early next year.
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GAO: States need more fed help preparing for pandemics
States remain weak in the areas of critical infrastructure, food safety reporting, and facilitating a medical care surge, the GAO found.
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Hawley: Secure Flight set to take off
The Transportation Security Administration's Secure Flight program should be online in some form by January, the agency's administrator said today.
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Denett: Agencies can compete more contracts
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy asks the acquisition council to create a group to boost competition for contracts.
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GAO says pre-award audits protect prices
Pricing tools can keep tabs on how much contractors' charge the government compared with other customers, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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Leaders say TWIC testing should be free
The chairman and ranking Republican of the House Homeland Security Committee oppose the 25 percent share of the cost of a program to test TWIC that DHS wants to charge port operators.
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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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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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