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2007 Rising Star award winners, Ch-Ha
Jie Chao, Jason Dalton, Leon Dimpsey, Susan Fagan, Mark Goodge and Robert Hall
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Indiana HIE names chief medical officer
Dr. Gregory Larkin, a former family practitioner, will help the health information exchange with clinical strategy and set priorities.
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DHS submits revised Real ID plan to OMB
The Office of Management and Budget has 90 days to review the new standards states must meet for ID cards to comply with the Real ID Act.
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NASCIO: Cross-government collaboration key to e-discovery
The organization has issued guidelines to help CIOs improve states' ability to handle requests for electronic information.
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2007 Rising Star award winners, A-Ca
Redwan “Rosa” Akhtarkhavari, Jonathan Benett, Kim Brown, Audrea Bullock, Joseph Carignan, Ben Castellucci
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FlipSide: A few minutes with...James Van Derhoff
The State Department's CIO is leaving after 33 years at State and 41 years as a federal employee.
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Agencies overlook disability rule
Few agency IT solicitations include mandatory Section 508 specifications
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DOD is serious about Six Sigma
Business Transformation Agency plans to train 500 practitioners in a year
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White House promotions show homeland security focus
Marie O'Neill Sciarrone was named special assistant to the president for homeland security and senior director for cybersecurity and information-sharing policy. Robert Kadlec will work on biodefense and homeland security issues.
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Editorial: A workforce window
The government has a real opportunity to marry the experience of age with the new thoughts, ideas and energy of a younger workforce.
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DHS to seek help with Coast Guard communication system
The Nationwide Automatic Identification System will improve how ships correspond with one another and communicate with shore stations.
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Driver's licenses could double as border-crossing cards
British Columbia wants to use the cards in lieu of a passport.
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Wagner: A society of immortals
Too often, it is easy to forget that workplaces are made up of people — and the golden rule still matters
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Army hires LGS to help with network upgrades
The company will conduct the upgrades at military facilities in Germany.
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VA taps EDS for personal identity verification cards
Under the $11.6 million contract, the company will assist VA in issuing cards in a format accepted throughout the federal government.
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GTSI names president, COO
Scott Friedlander joined the company in 2001 after 19 years at Xerox.
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Letter: Johnson has been asleep at the wheel
OMB's Clay Johnson is the only one who oversees IGs, but he has not been doing his job.
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IG: DOD fails on competition
The department made awards with improper competition and didn't justify why it went outside DOD for acquisition services, a new report states.
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