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OMB seeks to improve value of internal controls reporting
The Office of Management and Budget will hold forums to figure out how to make controls for financial reporting more valuable to agencies.
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Info-sharing czar touts U.S. progress
But Thomas McNamara says cultural and administrative challenges still impede getting government to better share homeland security, law enforcement and intelligence data.
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Feds urge the next president to communicate
Good communication between Cabinet members and career civilian feds is crucial, members of a panel say.
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Letter: Performance monitoring is critical for efficient government teleworking programs
In the private sector, if employees don't produce, they are canned. If the workforce doesn't produce, management gets canned or the company goes under. With feds there is no such accountability.
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Letter: What are some telework guidelines?
My agency is using the excuse of positions not being "appropriate" for teleworking.
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Cutter shows Deepwater progress, Coast Guard says
National Security Cutter Bertholf, part of the beleaguered modernization program, will undergo final testing soon.
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Evans concerned about legislation to regulate data resellers
Conducting privacy impact assessments on data brokers’ proprietary databases could discourage companies from offering their services to assist federal agencies, the OMB official says.
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Letter: Outsourcing is not always better or cheaper
It is a fallacy to think if you throw in 100 cheap(er) workers who have no subject-matter expertise against a new or legacy redeployed business application, they will be remotely successful in its creation.
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Letter: Educating agency staff better than limiting award fees
The solution is to educate the agency staff on how to write an award fee determination plan, how to develop meaningful metrics, how to set performance standards and how to do the required monitoring.
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United States, Germany will share biometric data
Officials signed an agreement today that will let the countries search each other's criminal fingerprint databases.
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Lawmakers push telework as overall participation drops
Security concerns and lack of a uniform tracking system are to blame for telework participation drops, OPM says.
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OMB simplifies federal spending portal guidance
Agencies will continue to be graded on data quality and completeness.
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Cyber Storm II gets started
Although DHS' weeklong cyber war game focuses on response, one official says the relationships formed will also benefit prevention and preparedness efforts.
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Canada border security measures for commerce
The goal is to better align Canada's trade partnership program with the DHS' Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, which offers preferential treatment to companies that agree to expanded federal oversight of their supply chains.
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CIO Council starts wiki on architecture guidance
The draft of the "Practical Guide to Service-Oriented Architecture" is available for government and industry to comment on.
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CORRECTION: Census still plans to fingerprint temp workers
An FCW report that the Census Bureau had asked OPM to waive background checks for 2010 Census counters was based on incorrect information. We apologize for the confusion.
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CREW: White House misled court about missing e-mail
The group, which has sued the Bush administration over the alleged loss of millions of e-mail messages, wants a federal court to hold officials in civil contempt for a statement they gave the court in January.
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Records managers see value of enterprise architecture
The IRS, NRC and Interior find success in developing records management systems by tying their business cases to their enterprise architectures.
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Army reopens online library to public
A month after the service blocked Reimer Digital Library behind the Army Knowledge Online firewall, it has changed its mind.
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