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Rep. Thompson condemns DHS decision to promote Charbo

In a letter to Secretary Chertoff, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee questions Charbo's qualifications.

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OPM offers cultural training online

A new course on GoLearn.gov focuses on American Indian tribes, including their governments and historical facts.

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OMB officials say Congress more accepting of e-gov

The legislative requirements mean lawmakers better understand the importance and affect of the governmentwide projects.

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Web extra: How 311 works

Who do people call if they have a city tax question? In a growing number of cities, they call a 311 call center.

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GSA officials trade places

FAS' Mike Sade and ITS' Steve Kempf will temporarily swap roles to get a look at the agency from another perspective.

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Circuit

Davis in his own words.

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Lawmakers' concerns halt HR LOB

Omnibus bill requires OMB to assess how consolidation initiative will affect workers.

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Union disputes OPM claim of success in new pay systems

The National Treasury Employees Union disagrees with a new Office of Personnel Management report that cites overall success for the government's performance-based pay systems.

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Dial 311

311 service is e-government with a different name.

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OMB: Agencies cut payment errors

Once agencies have measured and reported program errors, they are able to implement corrective actions to reduce those errors in subsequent years.

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Rep. Davis suggests his replacement as Congress' contracting lead

The congressman, who will not seek re-election after he finishes his term, recommends Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) for the job.

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Letter: Determining official business use of Internet will create more red tape

One of my concerns is: I'm able to obtain information from the Internet that's relevant to the support I provide today and the support I will likely be providing in the future. Web sites like this one keep us all informed of today's and tomorrow's needs.

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Are White House e-mails gone for good?

Major differences between COOP and e-mail archiving systems are center stage.

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DHS to promote Charbo

Scott Charbo, the department's CIO, will become deputy undersecretary for the National Planning and Programs Directorate, multiple sources confirmed.

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DHS 2009 budget request seeks $12B for border security, immigration

President Bush will be asking for a $775 million for the department's Secure Border Initiative.

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IG: DHS suffers from poor management

Integrating IT systems at DHS remains one of the greatest challenges, IG Richard Skinner wrote.

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Army CIO talks transformation

Organizational strategy would restructure functions to improve warfighter support.

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EPA, SSA get all greens on score card

On the latest President's Management Agenda score card, 82 percent of all grades are yellow or green.

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New TSA blog takes off

Officials launched the Evolution of Security blog to increase understanding and calm tempers.

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OMB: Give CFOs more responsibility

Chief financial officers are ready to go beyond data collection, said Danny Werfel, acting controller at the Office of Management and Budget.