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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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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.
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Intell's wiki pied piper
GenXer Chris Rasmussen argues that Web 2.0, like Intellipedia, can help break barriers.
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Welles: All work and no play
Why don’t information technology employees seek the downtime that the rest of us need?
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Senators support chief management officer positions
Sens. Daniel Akaka and George Voinovich say CMOs would help agencies make management a higher priority.
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Sprehe: Foolish secrecy
Lag time in releasing 8.5 million World War II records is an example of misguided classification policies
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Lawmakers: Make agency Web sites more open to search engines
Lawmakers and open government advocates call for the use of a protocol to make information easier to find.
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FBI delays upgrades to fingerprint databases
Its Criminal Justice Information Service Division will award a $1 billion contract for the work next month, about a month behind schedule, sources said.
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Test feds' info security savvy, report suggests
Despite being aware of policies, federal workers continue to violate them, according to a new report by SecureInfo.
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DHS puts cybersecurity toward top of 2008 to-do list
Secretary Michael Chertoff praised the department's progress in 2007 on increased involvement with fusion centers, biometrics, ID cards and border security.
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Letter: The word is out: DOD gyps employees
DOD no longer has to provide meaningful wage increases that keep pace with inflation.
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Air Force desktop initiative named top cybersecurity success story
A new report also recognizes the Security Content Automation Program, Einstein, SCADA and other programs.
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