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Letter: CIO meeting's positivity not highlighted
I actually found the conference to be much more positive than this article represents in terms of accomplishments and how the CIOs are stepping up and taking on the complex challenges they face each and every day to protect our data, their users and the taxpayer's interests.
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Letter: Reader displeased about use of RFID chips
This is sickening, [a radio frequency identification] chip the same as they use to implant into animals and now humans.
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Letter: Civil servants are in the power seat of change
I think we need to recognize civil servants’ discretion to improve things without need of many new laws or regs. The bureaucrats make almost all the hires — that’s one of their best opportunities to improve the breed of civil servants.
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Letter: New feds can learn from 'lifers' about implementing change
When my mentoring boss felt I had a handle on not only the specific area I was assigned to supervise but also how it fit into the larger picture he became my greatest supporter for change.
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Howard to leave HUD for NRC
Patrick Howard, chief information security officer at the department, will join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as head of its new Computer Security Office.
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Lawmakers blast DHS' efforts to share intell with state, local partners
Some House Democrats say the department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has made insufficient progress with the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group.
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DHS solves CIO clearance problem
Lawmakers and others see this as one challenge of the Bush administration's new cyberdirective.
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Sen. Lieberman wants congressional research to be public
He is urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein to make unclassified CRS reports available on a public database, where the reports would be automatically posted after CRS publishes or updates them.
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Obama promises small-biz support
Federal contracting dollars intended for small businesses should go to those businesses, the Democratic presidential candidate says.
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Coast Guard tests waters with new patrol programs
The Coast Guard is working to interdict coastal smugglers and illegal cross-border traffickers in Canada and using biometrics to catch human traffickers near Puerto Rico.
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Lawmakers want quality, not quantity, in security clearances
OMB's Clay Johnson defended the security clearance process by saying the important issue is it has not led to any security breaches.
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SES pay is broken, critics say
Senior Executives Association complains that promotion to SES has lost its luster.
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A collaboration leader
Angela Norris learned leadership lessons as a member of Voyagers class of 2007.
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Letters: The problem with NSPS
The National Security Personnel System continues to inspire fear, loathing and letters to the editor.
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DOD rallies around Lean Six Sigma
The methodology has become the Defense Department's "tool of choice" for business transformation.
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DHS pushes back schedule for deploying virtual fence
The department has given SBInet more time to complete its first phase.
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Survey shows CIOs losing seat at the table
ITAA's 18th annual CIO Survey finds more chief information officers are not reporting to the agency's head.
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