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GAO: FAA needs to hit acquisition performance goals
The ramifications of missing budget and schedule targets will become more severe as the agency makes the transition to its Next Generation Air Transportation system, according to a recent report.
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Letter: A little journalism 101 may be in order
A reader takes issue with a story that cites a GAO report without including the department's response.
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Gallagher moves to DHS to help implement HSPD-12
The former DOD official brings experience with secure identity card programs.
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GAO: Agencies need to improve COOP recordkeeping
Agencies aren't producing adequate documentation of continuity-of-operations exercises, the Government Accountability Office has found.
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GSA awards 3 companies places on HR LOB schedule
Vendors under Schedule 738.X will compete with five agency shared services providers.
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Senate wants Coast Guard to oversee Deepwater
The Senate passed a bill that would increase oversight of the $24 billion modernization initiative.
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TIGTA: IRS wasted money in early HSPD-12 efforts
The lead for Treasury's implementation of the initiative spent $3.5 million on unnecessary hardware, software and services, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
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Senate confirms four DHS nominees
The jobs include assistant secretary of ICE and assistant administrator of FEMA.
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Customer satisfaction with e-gov falls
One reason for the decline might be greater expectations for Web 2.0 applications, said Errol Hau, a senior director at ForeSee Results, which conducted the survey.
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Arbitrator orders ATF to let examiners telework
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives must extend telework to legal-instrument examiners under an arbitration panel ruling.
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FOIA reform bill now in Bush's hands
Congress unanimously approved legislation that would increase compliance requirements and establish a governmentwide ombudsman to handle problems.
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Congress weaves IT oversight into 2008 spending bill
The bill would require the Justice Department to report to lawmakers on Sentinel, the State Department to make its Web site more accessible and NOAA to adhere to new contracting protocols.
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IRS prepares for processing overhaul
With Bush expected to sign a new tax patch into law, the agency faces up to 10 weeks of reprogramming and testing systems.
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Congress passes spending bill
It includes $70 billion for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and would require OMB and other agencies to justify why they intend to participate in e-government initiatives.
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GSA picks its telework chief
The agency looks to William Kelly, its director of HR Services, for help in meeting its goal of having 50 percent of its workers telecommuting by 2010.
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Census nominee supports Internet questionnaires
Stephen Murdock, Bush's nominee to head the bureau, said the agency must look into Web-based surveys while keeping privacy protection in mind.
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Suda to head DOT's Volpe Center
Robert Suda will be the innovation center's acting director, effective Jan. 14.
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Senate adds Iraq war funding to spending bill
The amendment is crucial to getting the omnibus bill passed before the continuing resolution expires Dec. 21.
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