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Energy agency tries merit pay

Unions say they will watch closely as NNSA introduces a new pay system.

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Take the guesswork out of green

Successful green computing initiatives rely on a power audit that includes 3 basic steps.

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Kelman: The not-so-obvious lesson

A tale of procurement woe shows that contracting officials need to be trusted business advisers.

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Circuit

Celebrating the NIH Children’s Inn; No RFI for TSA-friendly shoes?

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Editorial: Rewarding innovation

The Census Bureau's decision to return to paper is indicative of government's lack of incentives for innovation.

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From CIO to battlefield techie

Lisa Schlosser finds technical and leadership challenges as an Army reservist, not to mention sandstorms and oven-hot heat.

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Officials request agencies' strategic-sourcing reports

Acquisition officials seek numbers to gain support for the buying strategy.

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Late requirements sank Census handhelds

Officials say if the Census Bureau had defined its requirements earlier, handheld computers might still have been used for follow-up questionnaires.

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IRS chief to tackle identity theft

Commissioner says new processes and technology will improve IRS response to victimized taxpayers.

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GAO: OMB should move on HSPD-12

None of the federal agencies surveyed had met the October 2007 deadline, auditors found.

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Air Force pushing ahead on cyberspace

The service is close to finalizing a doctrine designed to guide its major cyberspace offensive and defensive capabilities.

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GAO report outlines purchase card abuses

A Government Accountability Office report finds that weaknesses of internal controls allowed almost half of government purchase card transactions to skirt the rules.

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Get a Life: How well do you get along?

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OFPP's Burton to retire in July

During more than seven years at OFPP, Robert Burton played a major role in directing and developing governmentwide acquisition policies.

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Hughes to provide distance-learning network

The company will provide a satellite-based distance-learning network for agencies in the Government Education and Training Network.

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Davis: Census didn't heed warnings

Rep. Tom Davis says the Census Bureau ignored multiple warnings about the expanding requirements for its Field Data Collection Automation program.

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OMB seeks agency plans for fewer gateways

OMB wants to know how agencies plan to reduce their Internet connections and which of them might be able to serve as shared-service providers.

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TIGTA: IRS routers need stronger security

A disgruntled employee, contractor or hacker could reconfigure routers and switches to disrupt operations or steal taxpayer data, a report warns.

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Letter: Census should have kept Internet option on the table

A reader says that if the bureau had pursued a Web-based response system for the 2010 census, the decision to abandon handheld devices wouldn’t be so disappointing.

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Bush will appoint new DHS CIO

The president plans to appoint Richard Mangogna to agency's top IT slot.