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Clinton: Alaska Native firm may have gotten unfair bonus
Chenega Technology Services improperly won a DHS contract, and the senator wants the IG to investigate the award further.
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OFPP issues policy requiring training for support workers
It also standardizes the skills contracting officer technical representatives must have.
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Letter: Editorial trivializes disagreement between IG, contracting officers
If Lurita Doan goes soft now, more contracting officers will leave government service and more companies will leave the GSA schedules.
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Letter: OPM's suspension of telework unfair
The agency says it will reinstate telework after employees have been trained on a modernized retirement system, but one reader expects delays.
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IRS Oversight Board fears tax processing delays
If Congress delays action on the alternative minimum tax, IRS may have to reprogram its systems, postponing return and refund processing.
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Boutelle takes spot at Cisco
He joins the company as vice president of its Global Government Solutions Group.
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DIA at work on new data-sharing system
The agency hires McDonald Bradley to design and build the Force Protection Assessment system.
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Boutelle joins Cisco
The former Army CIO is the company's new vice president of its Global Government Solutions Group.
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Thompson joins Harmony Information Systems' board
The former HHS secretary is the fifth member of the board to accept the appointment.
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How secure are security clearances?
Recent guilty plea of former FBI, CIA employee calls the process into question
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Bush codifies program improvement
New executive order institutionalizes PART and sets up formal accountability processes
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DOD program manager: Know Army needs before bidding
Gary Winkler, program executive officer for DOD's Enterprise Information Systems, is working to reduce the number of contract protests.
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President to name IRS commissioner
The president plans to nominate Douglas Shulman, while Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. appointed Judith Tillman to be commissioner of the department’s Financial Management Service.
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Bush to name IRS commissioner
The president plans to nominate Douglas Shulman, while Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. appointed Judith Tillman to be commissioner of the department’s Financial Management Service.
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Letter: Agencies should boycott ACS
The way the company treats its lower-level employees is disgraceful.
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10-fingerprint scans to start at Dulles airport
Foreign visitors arriving at the Virginia airport will have all 10 fingerprints scanned starting Nov. 29.
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Idaho health department taps ACS for benefits management
Affiliated Computer Services will provide pharmacy claims processing, automated prior authorizations, help-desk support, prospective and retrospective drug use reviews, and federal and supplemental drug rebate administration and reporting.
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IG: DHS wrongly awarded contract to Alaska Native firm
A coding error is to blame for the improper award of a 10-year, $475 million sole-source contract to Chenega Technology Services.
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