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Visa waivers go online
DHS is moving toward implementing an automated online registration system to prescreen individuals who travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program.
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Intelligence community seeks to go virtual
Intelligence officials will conduct an exercise to familiarize their community with online virtual spaces.
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Walter Reed patient data exposed
Names, Social Security numbers and birth dates were among the personal information in a computer file that was shared without authorization, officials said.
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Improving procurement with Web 2.0
Washington D.C.’s chief technology officer is using wikis to make the procurement process more transparent and efficient.
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DOD gives big nod to Lean Six Sigma
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has ordered all Defense Department components to adopt Lean Six Sigma.
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McGinnis to leave top post at CEG
Patricia McGinnis will step down as president of the Council for Excellence in Government after a successor is found.
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Intellipedia’s next act
Intellipedia could be just the start of the intell community’s Web 2.0 collaboration.
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OPM slows retirement system work
Agency says contractor didn’t pay attention during discussions of system requirements.
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House OKs acquisition staffing fund
Measure would expand DOD initiative to help agencies hire and retain contracting experts.
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DHS restarts financial system competition
The Homeland Security Department has reopened the procurement process for its planned consolidation of its financial management system.
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OPM: Hewitt failed to deliver pieces of system
Office of Personnel Management officials say they suspended work by Hewitt Associates on the RetireEZ system after benefits-calculation functions failed user tests.
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Letter: NARA IG seeks to facilitate best results, not 'blast' agency
NARA's inspector general says, "Our primary goal is to support the talented and dedicated employees of the agency to help them best meet the needs of our many stakeholders."
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Career federal IT exec Suda to retire
Robert Suda, most recently at the Transportation Department, was also associate chief information officer at the Agriculture Department and an assistant commissioner at the General Service Administration’s Federal Technology Service.
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FlipSide: A few minutes with...Vern Bettencourt
Bettencourt, the Army’s deputy chief information officer, will retire June 4, and he has some ideas about what the focus of CIOs will be.
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DOD blazes HSPD-12 trail
Civilian agencies can benefit from lessons learned by DOD about merging physical and IT security.
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Inside GSA’s telework program
William Kelly outlines a three-part strategy for hitting GSA’s 50 percent teleworking goal.
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DHS financial systems project concerns IG
The department's inspector general said DHS should consider options for consolidating its components' financial systems before moving forward.
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