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IBM protests FBI fingerprint system award
The Government Accountability Office has until June 4 to make a decision.
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Fountain: FISMA's fifth birthday
This is a good time to assess what has worked and what more needs to be done for security.
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Kelman: Keeping an eye on the prize
By offering prizes, you can get more research bang for the buck, but will agencies take a risk?
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IG: DOD fails to keep contractor performance records
The inspector general found that the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System didn't include ratings on all active system contracts and many entries were late.
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Clearances: Faster, but not better
Lawmakers worry about the quality of security clearances as agencies speed their processing.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 4: MAX Federal Community
Budget managers do their number crunching in a collegial online workplace.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 3: Puget Sound Information Challenge
Good ideas come to government agencies that ask people to contribute them.
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Springer touts OPM's strategic plan for next two years
The Office of Personnel Management's strategic and operational plan for 2008 to 2010 includes new goals on retirement, security and the workforce.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 2: TSA’s IdeaFactory
Frontline employees give unfettered suggestions to the headquarters office.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 1: Intellipedia
Intelligence analysts establish trust in an online community of their own making.
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The collaboration gurus
The Collaboration Project, led by the National Academy of Public Administration, looks to be a center of excellence focused on the Web 2.0 world and how these tools can help government.
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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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