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DHS names first deputy undersecretary for management

Elaine Duke, formerly DHS' chief procurement officer, will take on the job.

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OPM expands functions of labor agreement database

Users can now search the site using key words and create reports from available information.

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Get a Life!: Getting ready to retire?

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Agencies fall short on HSPD-12 deadline

OMB cites significant progress in setting the foundation for standard ID cards

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SBA drafts policy on authorizing access to employee e-mail

The agency's CIO told senior managers to halt e-mail retrievals without prior approval from the CIO's office.

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Terrorist watch list problems continue to rankle lawmakers

Four years after its inception, the watch list database still contains numerous errors, is not fully consolidated and is not supported by a clear strategy for screening people.

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SBInet stumbles on its first steps

Software integration problems have held up the first segment of the multibillion-dollar program.

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Treasury's comptroller plans system to track bank reports

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency wants the system to make the most of electronically capturing data for application processing, support a flexible workflow, maintain critical records, and monitor and report on corporate applications and notices.

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Military needs offensive cyber operations

Rogue nations and corporate entities have been conducting cyber operations for decades, and it's about time that the U.S. military steps up, a reader writes.

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FCW time machine: 2003 | Then…and now

What happened to a proposal to create two career tracks for officials in the Senior Executive Service?

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Feds seek the art of negotiation

Policy-makers now have data to use in addressing acquisition workforce gaps

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Sorting the personal from the public

Cleaning up personal data inadvertently posted on government sites is no easy task

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Program managers are also security managers

Federal program managers are reminded to protect data

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Jefferts’ pursuit is precision

Physicist at NIST leads a team that manages to keep the rest of us on atomic time

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Editorial: Waxman at a crossroads

Waxman now faces an important decision: Does he want to have an impact, or is he comfortable sitting outside throwing stones?

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Circuit

The awards edition

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The competition question

Procurement changes recommended by Marcia Madsen’s panel seek to open the government market and increase competition

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Bush to nominate new Air Force assistant secretary

John Gibson is deputy undersecretary of Defense for management reform.

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FDA plans standards, automation for drug submissions

As part of a five-year IT plan, the agency aims to create a modernized infrastructure to better support electronic processes.