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Letter: Real ID is leading to a global ID
A reader questions whether Real ID is good for U.S. citizens.
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Expert: New attitudes needed in outsourcing
Organizations interested in truly collaborating must take some risks and lose any sense that just fulfilling the letter of a contract is enough, expert advises.
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Treasury promotes Taylor to FinCEN CIO
Ann Taylor moves from an assistant director position at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to its chief information officer.
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Letter: A fearless, qualified Doan worked for change
A reader writes about Doan's effort to promote change with Democrats in Congress.
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GSA systems seen needing more protection
An audit by GSA's inspector general's office found problems in several areas that could lead to access by unauthorized people to personally identifiable information.
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Taylor is new FinCEN CIO
As CIO, Amy Taylor oversees the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's technical infrastructure the agency uses to collect and analyze data and disseminates it to select law enforcement under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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Student loan repayment benefits hit $42M
The federal government used student loan repayments to substantially increase its criminal investigator workforce and hire or retain 219 information technology management specialists and 143 contract specialists.
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Should NARA be the e-archiving cop?
IG says the agency needs to become more active in enforcing records law compliance.
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President orders agencies to simplify data labeling
Directive puts NARA in charge of efforts to improve the handling of controlled unclassified information.
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Senate appropriators look to boost telework
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to its Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill that would boost federal teleworking requirements.
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Buzz of the Week: Competition among industry Goliaths
Hewlett-Packard, one of the biggest sellers of information technology products, announced it will purchase EDS, a big integrator.
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FlipSide: BLM: In search of history
A team of Bureau of Land Management employees has digitized about 4.2 million records so far with a goal of posting another 200,000 this year.
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Balutis: Finding a new administrator
The post of GSA administrator is a ‘prune’ job — a plum job that needs an experienced hand.
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Waldron: Time for a schedule focus
The schedule contracts are the government’s most successful procurement vehicle. Invest in them.
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Grkavac: Focus on Doan’s record
Lurita Doan was a controversial figure, and yet she managed to steer GSA in the right direction.
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Qwest hires government business development manager
Deidre Murray leaves Sprint Nextel for Qwest
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