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Ridge takes adviser position at public-alert company
The former Homeland Security Department secretary is joining TechRadium.
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OMB sets guidelines for first-, business-class travel
The new internal controls come after GAO found waste at several agencies.
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DOD sets limits for lead systems integrators
Integrators cannot have a financial interest in a major acquisition when they are working on the details of it with DOD, and contractors working on information assurance need certain training, new rules state.
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Bush administration ready to release revised Real ID regs
The Homeland Security Department reviewed 21,000 comments before developing the latest set of standards for driver's licenses and identification cards.
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Presidential candidate would freeze government hiring
Republican hopeful Fred Thompson said he would curb government spending by not hiring any new employees for one year.
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Stay professional on Facebook, career coach advises
Unprofessional Facebook profiles--and backstabbing--are career blunders to be avoided, an executive coach tells Young Government Leaders.
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Letter: Pay for performance doesn't live up to the ideal
A reader says many NSPS employees receive smaller raises than their General Schedule counterparts.
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NASA aeronautics official steps down
Lisa Porter will head the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity after she steps down Feb. 1.
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DHS plans to require more shipping cargo info
The department has proposed a rule that would ask importers to e-file 10 more elements about their cargo and carriers to submit two more before the products arrive in the United States.
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IRS taxpayer advocate: Congress is biggest problem
Tax code changes cause the Internal Revenue Service to delay processing returns, says Nina Olson.
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NASA aeronautics official moves to new intell agency
Lisa Porter will head the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity after she steps down Feb. 1.
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Candidates should recognize change is hard, report states
“Why not use social-networking technologies to build political support to make [innovation] move faster?” asks Bruce McConnell, president of Government Futures.
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State IT Consortium gets VP, general manager
David Popovich replaces Robert Glasser, who retired last week after joining the Systems and Software Consortium in 1990.
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VA awards contract for portal test
The department chose LS3 and Aquilent to design and develop OneVA, the access point for veterans coming into VA, an official said.
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Coast Guard asks Deepwater contractors for refund
The Coast Guard wants $96.1 million refunded, saying the companies made defective boats that do not meet requirements.
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DOD signs QinetiQ to continue security work
The department awarded the company a $30 million follow-on contract to provide services for DOD’s Counterintelligence Field Activity.
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Small business protests GPO's smart-card printing contract
The owner of Evans Security Solutions says the Government Printing Office did not evaluate proposals properly.
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Letter: Kelman's 'secrets' aren't so secret
A reader says Steve Kelman's revelations about worker productivity are obvious to anyone who's spent time in federal agencies.
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SBA promotes Ott
Fay Ott, who has been a senior manager at the Small Business Administration since 2004, is now associate administrator at the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development.
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