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Welles: Birds of a feather
Networking is an invaluable skill, but where are the best places for federal employees to connect?
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Croom, Lee, Morea win top honors at Federal 100 awards banquet
Deidre Lee received the first-ever President’s Award, and Lt. Gen. Charles Croom and Donna Morea received Eagle Awards.
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Letter: Add variety of experience to acquisition workforce
It is interesting that the DOD IG is actively seeking acquisition employees. I suggest he check the existing roster forcertified acquisition types that are literally in the wrong jobs.
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Commerce's acting CIO now official
Suzanne Hilding replaces Barry West, who left the department about five months ago.
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Arizona lawmakers take issue with hybrid driver's licenses
The new license would contain an RFID tag that can be scanned at a distance, raising concerns about privacy and cost.
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VA has made progress in data security
An agency official says VA has established information security controls and is creating a culture of vigilance.
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Disaster action plan inspires hope
Framework outlines roles for authorities in responding to large-scale incidents.
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White House: Don't look on new computers for old e-mail
Bush administration officials say they cannot justify the time and money necessary to make forensic copies of hard drives when they likely don't contain the e-mail messages being sought in ongoing litigation.
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EPA may have lost data in hasty library closures
Poor planning is seen as the cause of possible losses that librarians now decry.
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Library of Congress tests Web 2.0 photo archive
A pilot project is allowing the public to comment on photographs from older news and wire services.
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Letter: Upper managers are blocking telework
A reader says Army employees have been waiting for a telework policy for far too long.
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Letter: OPM is wasting money on automated retirement systems
A reader says the retirement process for government employees is too complicated for an off-the-shelf program.
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Letter: TSP isn’t meant for day trading
A reader says the Thrift Savings Plan is for long-term retirement savings — and not for people who want to try to game the market.
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Letter: A fee-per-trade system would distribute costs more equitably
A reader says it’s only fair for frequent traders in the Thrift Savings Plan to pay additional costs.
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Letter: Fees could deter random trades
A reader says Thrift Savings Plan members should pay for exceeding a certain amount of trades, which might make them realize the cost of following the markets’ fluctuations.
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Letter: Time to privatize TSP?
A reader says contributors to the Thrift Savings Plan shouldn’t have their rights curtailed, but they should have to pay fees for frequent trading.
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Letter: Frequent traders should pay the costs
A reader says feds shouldn’t have to subsidize the day traders in the Thrift Savings Plan.
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