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Online maps track candidates' money

The Federal Election Commission launched a new map application that tracks congressional candidates' donations and spending for the 2008 House and Senate elections.

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DHS hires General Dynamics to support cybersecurity work

The $48.2 million contract will be for situational awareness and technical assistance under the agency's Einstein program.

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NMCI follow-on plan nearly complete

The Navy is still deciding whether to keep some functions of the replacement network in-house.

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Former OMB chief architect joins MEGA

Richard Burk adds to his consulting work a position on the company's advisory board.

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Senate confirms VA secretary nominee

James Peake replaces James Nicholson, who resigned in September.

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Letter: Article mischaracterizes Bechtel's post-Katrina work

FEMA praised Bechtel employees' work in the affected areas of Mississippi, and DHS' IG expressed concern about FEMA's oversight, not about the company.

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Letter: Quality of EVM metrics depends on underlying data

Contractually reported data is not always a valid measure of technical progress and cost performance.

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Mitchell's interim replacement named

Stan Kaczmarczyk will continue as the Office of Governmentwide Policy's principal deputy associate administrator while overseeing the Office of Technology Strategy.

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Most fed data is un-Googleable

After five years, a major E-Gov Act provision goes unmet because of search problems.

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Buzz of the Week: Re-prioritizing security

Resolution continuing; Avoid name dropping; Do we need another chief tomanage?

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Letter: Chief management officers won't help

Without any real job qualifications, the position could be filled by unskilled but aggressive White House supporters.

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Real ID grants to assist states

“These funds will advance the ability of states to verify the legitimacy of documents that applicants present and to confirm that the applicants are who they say they are," Secretary Michael Chertoff said.

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Want to come home again?

Once retired, then rehired, some feds return to their former agencies to pass on their program knowledge

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Circuit

Honoring the Rising Stars; Speaking of Young; And some Fed 100 nomination tips

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National labs suffer cybersecurity breaches

Personally identifiable data may have been exposed as a result of the hackings at the Los Alamos and Oak Ridge National laboratories.

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California’s self-improvement project

The California Performance Review has faded from the headlines, but on the front lines, it’s a different story

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Editorial: New Year’s resolutions

As 2007 comes to an end, we look ahead to opportunities next year.

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Hot or not: With tech, there's always change

New technologies kept federal managers from falling into any routine

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Groups want deference to veterans preference

Some veterans groups say that the system designed to bolster former service members' hiring needs to be expanded.