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Defense health IT shop reorganizes

A shakeup consolidates “like product lines” for clinical health IT and health business systems in separate program offices and managers are named.

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Comings and Goings: Samuel Visner joins CSC

Samuel Visner has joined Computer Sciences Corporation as vice president of strategy and business development in its North American Public Sector.

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IG concerned about Census' address collection

The Commerce Department's Inspector general said the Census Bureau must improve its maps and address database for the 2010 census.

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White House wins round in e-mail fight

A federal judge has ruled that the White House’s Office of Administration does not have to release documents that detail the White House’s e-mail archive practices. The documents were sought by a group suing the White House for allegedly losing millions of messages.

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EPA seeks info-sharing ideas

EPA launched a temporary blog to collect best practices on information sharing from the public.

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GAO: FDA needs food safety planning

However, the FDA has taken a first step to modernize its policies and approach to food safety, but its plan lacks of specifics, a GAO official says.

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GAO union optimistic about pay

Bill to grant pay raises to hundreds of GAO employees who were denied them under the agency’s restructured pay system might become law.

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GSA appoints chief acquisition officer

Theodore Haddad will take over from acting CAO David Drabkin.

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Letter: Prior fed experience requirement blocks potential applicants

A reader writes, "If they are truly looking to fill these jobs, then this prior fed employment restriction needs to be made to go away."

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Airlines say they lack the IT for US-VISIT

Industry reps say the carriers are not equipped to handle the all the biometric data collected from foreign travelers.

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Buzz of the Week: Discussing Web 2.0 concerns using Web 2.0

There are no clear answers in how to manage government-sponsored wikis and other Web 2.0 tools.

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Editorial: Millennial makeover

Many are in awe and fear of the hyper-connected young people entering government, many of whom never knew the pre-Internet world.

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FCW Insider: Dealing with D.C.'s power outage

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Pointers: Recommended readings

NASA CIO joins the blogosphere and IBM gives us a peek at the government in 2020.

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Agencies to conduct acquisition self-evals

OFPP says effective internal controls would help ensure that agencies can manage their contracts and reduce procurement waste, fraud and abuse.

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Bush leads biometric push

A new presidential directive requires agencies to create standards for sharing biometric data.

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Back to square one on clearances

Joint Security and Suitability Reform Team focuses on factors that cause delays and create backlogs.

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OPM’s best practices for COOP

The Office of Personnel Management provides key principles for continuity-of-operations planning.

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Keeping employees in the COOP loop

Agencies examine how to engage teleworkers in their continuity of operation plans.