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House passes homeland security measures
The House has passed a bill that would require the Homeland Security Department to bolster its redress process for travelers who feel they have been misidentified as being on the government's no-fly list.
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GAO: Senior privacy officials need authority
Some agencies do not give their senior privacy officials responsibility for all key privacy functions, so privacy protections may be applied inconsistently, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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State Department will get SMART
State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset system will combine diplomatic text cables, e-mail, and memos in a single messaging system for classified and unclassified networks.
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State’s new CIO defines her role
Susan Swart says she will be successful if she can help agency diplomats fulfill their mission.
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Pointers: Recommended reading
Good reads to share: DOD joins the blogosophere,Learning the Web, Words to live by and Beware of Facebook apps.
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GSA leadership shuffle dominates water-cooler talk
It seems likely that the General Services Administration will soon have a new leader.
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Employee shortages hit Protective Service
The Federal Protective Service has reduced some security measures at government buildings because of a 20 percent cut in staff levels since fiscal 2004.
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OFPP offers new guidelines to improve interagency contracting
Some say OFPP’s new policy guidance might be too little, too late to offer effective oversight.
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Editorial: Defending CIO bloggers
The role of the CIO is to stay ahead of the train and guide the track.
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Meagher: Information security has few friends at the top
Security requires having an agency’s senior executive team say it will happen, Interior's deputy CIO says.
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Telework: Good policy, better practice
The more managers can test the continuity-of-operations plans in nonemergency situations, the better the organization will handle the real emergencies.
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IBM: Collaboration will expand CIOs' roles
The challenges the federal government will confront in 2020 will require continuous collaboration, according to the IBM Institute for Business Value.
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Welles: The power of being positive
A new book,‘Focus on the Good Stuff,’ suggests we need to look at what goes right.
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How secure is your COOP?
Contingency planners, such as New York’s William Pelgrin, must balance recovering quickly from a disaster with recovering safely.
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Reader comment roundup: DOD contingency plan is on readers' minds
Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.
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Agencies to launch alternative-pay project
The Office of Personnel Management and Veterans Affairs Department will test a pay-for-performance system at a VA unit.
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