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Letter: VA must stop being efficient with ineffective processes

Efficient data extraction, ensured data quality and an effective change management strategy are department's most significant challenges, a reader says.

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Budget hurdles threaten 2010 census

The Census Bureau has already had to cut 11 dress rehearsals, and Senate appropriators want to withhold $10 million in 2008 if it doesn't report on steps it is taking to offer an online option.

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Letter: GSA praises Power Player

Martha Dorris manages the programs that simplify citizens' access to official government information and services, an agency official says.

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Commerce's CIO to leave

Barry West will step down Jan. 1, 2008.

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Commerce's CIO to leave

Barry West's last day will be Jan. 1, 2008. He is the third high-ranking official to leave the agency in the past three months.

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Letter: E-mail separation anxiety? Toss messages in a folder

Then purge the oldest items in the folder every three to four weeks, a reader suggests.

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Letter: CBP has no plans to change card technology

It also has no plans to accept TWIC cards as a secure Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative-compliant document for entry through a port of entry, a reader writes.

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Letter: Army needs to fill vacancies

Doing more with fewer people leads to job burnout.

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NAS panel: Army needs unified net-centric center

The center could also be a primary support for all other military services and joint operations, according to the panel's report.

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ODNI earns kudos for 500-day plan

The document lays out guidelines and metrics for meeting information-sharing goals.

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Homeland security plan draws fire

Critics describe the Bush administration's updated strategy as vague and 'squishy.'

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Groups press White House on e-mail

The recent litigation highlights issues agencies face in electronic records management.

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VA signs up for OPM’s USA Staffing application

The software is configured to automate recruitment, assessment referral and notification processes.

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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