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Panel: Management agenda in feds' hands
When the Bush administration leaves office, career federal employees will be crucial for maintaining agencies' progress toward better program management, experts say.
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Northrop Grumman names new acquisition policy director
Mitchell Waldman was previously national security adviser to former Sen. Trent Lott.
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Demand for hybrid driver's licenses high in Washington
The state has issued more than 2,000 new hybrid drivers license-passport cards in the past month, and 13,000 more people have signed up for them.
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DHS awards three contracts for HSPD-12 services
BearingPoint, EDS and XTec will provide secure identification card implementation and issuance support under the $180 million procurement.
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OPM makes it easier to retire
The agency launches the RetireEZ system with four agencies and will expand it over the next year.
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DHS accepts Project 28
After months of delays, the department has accepted the first task order for SBInet, a multibillion-dollar project to use technology and fencing to secure the border.
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To rev recruitment, CBP turns to NASCAR
Customs and Border Protection plans to sponsor a car in 29 NASCAR races this year as a way to remedy its shortage of agents.
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Satellite shootdowns not a threat to DOD space assets, analyst says
An expert at Rand said the Navy's success in shooting down a U.S. satellite doesn't signal a 'space Pearl Harbor.'
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Letter: Army is wasting time by duplicating contract vehicles
Does it serve the interest of the taxpayer to have the Army crank up another [indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity]?
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Letter: Outsourcing security is a bad idea
A reader argues that it makes more sense for civil service employees to handle security rather than spending their time training and overseeing contractors.
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Army's technology needs translate into busy procurement year
The Army PEO-EIS plans five RFPs in 2008 for an assortment of needs including radio frequency identification devices.
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GAO: Forest Service falls down on competitive-sourcing job
Also, the USDA agency couldn't provide statistics to support its claim that it saved more than $38 million between 2004 and 2006.
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Army to lift ban on public access to online library
The Federation of American Scientists had filed a FOIA request asking the Army to release all unclassified information housed at the Reimer Digital Library.
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