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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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VA renews QuadraMed health data contract
The agency will continue using QuadraMed's encoder software to help with managing health information and billing and compliance workflow.
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FERC seeks more info on security efforts at energy firms
A new order would require energy companies to provide more detailed data about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and mitigation efforts.
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OMB beats deadline to unveil federal spending database
The administration will debut an online searchable database of contracts and grants data on Thursday.
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OMB promotes Young to deputy administrator
Tim Young now will oversee enterprise architecture, capital planning and IT policy.
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Conferees' report revamps NSPS; unions optimistic about Bush signature
Language in the 2008 Defense authorization legislation would restore collective-bargaining and other rights to workers covered by the National Security Personnel System.
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