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Responders test coordination skills
Disaster exercise demonstrates improvements in incident response performance.
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DHS, State publish final travel documents rule
Final travel document requirements for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will take effect June 1, 2009.
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Contractors could be held to feds' conflict-of-interest standards
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulation Council are interested in determining if, when and how they should address conflicts of interest.
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Letter: FOIA helps balance secrecy and openness
A reader says it’s not easy for the military to keep track of what information still needs to be secret, which is where FOIA comes in.
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Letter: Still trying to get an interview
A reader says, “I’m now at an executive level in industry, but what I really wanted was to be at an executive level within government.”
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FlipSide: Nearing the Sweet 16
The bracket to name the best government-themed movie continues.
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Treasury tops FOIA worst list
Despite recent policy changes, some critics see little progress on FOIA reforms.
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States, feds still struggle to share health information
Technical and policy gaps remain in the patchwork of systems that send data about disease outbreaks to national repositories.
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Passport snooping raises alarm
Lawmakers consider whether additional legislation is needed to safeguard data.
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TIGTA: Private debt collectors protect IRS taxpayer data
Two companies that pursue delinquent taxpayer debt do a good job of protecting sensitive information, a new report states.
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The hiring fix
Federal agencies seek fresh ideas for speeding the hiring of the best and brightest.
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DHS will press for HR changes
End of litigation doesn't end the department's efforts to address performance evaluation.
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Marines restore access to online documents
The service took down the doctrine documents almost a year ago.
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GAO: Suggestions welcome
How former Comptroller General David Walker began transforming the agency.
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Letter: Other agencies must rely on GSA for purchasing
[The Office of Management and Budget] needs to get GSA back into the streamlined acquisition business. DOD does not need it's own acquisition offices for purchasing the same things that the rest of the government is purchasing.
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Letter: In retaining workforce, reach out to employees
I'm confused by the initiatives lately that are seeking ways to retain (and continue to recruit) a decent federal government contracting workforce. Why are these initiatives not reaching out to the employees themselves?
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Letter: Jobs posted publicly are for existing favored employees
[The] information I have uncovered through discussions with government FTE' is that most of those positions are reserved to internal selected candidates. The process must be advertised as "public," but the hiring process has wording in "favor" of the internal candidate.
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