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SBA looks beyond small businesses to modernize systems
An agency official said SBA is willing to listen to any vendor that can offer a solution for modernizing and managing its loan management and accounting systems.
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Lord: Cyberwarfare means new rules of engagement
The incoming commander of the provisional Air Force Cyber Command said the United States needs new plans to deal with swift cyberattacks.
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CFOs, IGs share best practices for financial reports
The key to doing them right and effectively is to start early, the CFO Council and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency said.
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Letter: Pay for performance bad from taxpayers' perspective
Although pay for performance is good for workers, the government must define who judges performance and what performance is.
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Meet Mr. Procurement Policy
Robert Burton sets directions for OFPP and steers governmentwide acquisition
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Mary Lacey brokers pay changes
Program executive leads DOD through a difficult personnel system transformation
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Michigan IT shop faces cuts
Legislature averted a government shutdown, but the state’s IT staffing remains uncertain
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Patent examiners struggle with backlog
GAO finds high turnover rate and quotas impede the patent review process
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What makes a Power Player?
FCW's second annual Power Players special report recognizes the most prominent deciders in the government IT community.
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Privacy, security depend on program managers, experts say
Executives responsible for their organizations' compliance with security and privacy rules push them down to program managers to follow through in daily operations.
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Letter: How much do long-time feds earn?
They are maintaining systems that will take years to replace.
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Group files motion to preserve e-mail backup tapes
CREW says the Bush administration has illegally discarded 5 million e-mail messages, and it seeks a temporary restraining order to ensure the backups are kept.
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In new 500-day plan, ODNI previews the future
The intelligence community sets out nine core and 33 enabling initiatives complete with milestones and metrics.
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Experts tout virtual work environments
Knowledge management experts at the Program Management Summit 2007 agreed that virtual offices are the wave of the future for effective collaboration.
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Robbins Gioia promotes O'Brien
Marie O-Brien will be president of the company's newly combined defense and intelligence divisions.
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FBI turns to small businesses for IT support
The agency is looking for contractors to design and support automated IT systems on its mainframes and computers.
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Air Force to get "cyber sidearms"
The tool could come in a number of forms, but the goal is to help service members quickly detect and alert others to cyberattacks.
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Wall takes charge of business development for Lockheed unit
Mary Wall was previously area sales director for federal civilian sales at Unisys.
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Morrison and Foerster expands Government Contracts practice
The company has hired Keric Chin, an Air Force retiree, as of counsel.
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