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Homeland Security’s high-tech gamble
DHS’ low-profile “skunk works” seeks game-changing technologiesto thwart tomorrow’s terrorists
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Former Commerce official joins intellectual property firm
Robert Cresanti joins Ocean Tomo as managing director in charge of the company’s market indexes.
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White House to demand better program performance
Clay Johnson said an executive order will make program chiefs more accountable, and OMB will create performance assessment councils at every agency.
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Senate passes contracting oversight bill
The legislation calls for agencies to appoint an associate administrator for workforce programs and to set up internship programs for acquisition employees.
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GSA lashes back at DOD IG
GSA officials take issue with a report that states the Air Force wasted $607,000 by using GSA's assisted-acquisition services.
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Denett: IGs are 'aggravating,' and overstep boundaries
Inspectors general have taken over the role of program manager, the OFPP administrator says.
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NTEU endorses legislation to push telework
The National Treasury Employees Union is supporting a bill that would require agencies to establish written telework policies and name a full-time telework managing officer.
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Results-based focus key to telework, says GAO specialist
Telework in the government is lagging because agencies have never translated it into program goals, GAO's Bernice Steinhardt told a House hearing Tuesday.
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IRS expands CGI work on tax compliance
The company, working under a $10 million contract, will provide support and maintenance to the IRS’ Filing and Payment Compliance system implementation.
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Letter: Young people should consider private sector first
Agencies would benefit if young professionals get some experience in the private sector before entering public service, one reader writes.
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White House officials ask for $154 million in new cybersecurity spending
The request is a part of a $436 million package to increase Homeland Security and Justice departments fiscal 2008 budgets.
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Handhelds, laptops increase IT security worries, survey finds
As worker mobility increases, so do security concerns for IT staff members, according to a study by the Computing Technology Industry Association.
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Mass. puts IT staffing firm to work
Atlantic Associates has begun providing business analysts, project managers and other technology specialists through the commonwealth's staff augmentation program.
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IG: IRS sees some payoff from taxpayer database
The IRS used the Customer Account Data Engine to accurately post data to 11 million taxpayer accounts but was not able to handle another 22 million returns as originally planned, according to an IG report.
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Nearly every agency's e-gov progress score drops on PMA
Agencies failed to develop and implement breach notification policy as required by OMB in May.
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FBI to bolster employee Internet access
The FBI plans to buy BlackBerry smart phones and desktop computers for employees who, until now, have been limited to using the agency's classified network at their desks.
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Strategy refines fusion centers’ role
An expanded scope for the centers alarms privacy groups who fear misuse of data
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Appeals court stops some NASA HSPD-12 background checks
In granting the injunction, the appeals court agreed that the case raises serious privacy concerns.
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