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Going for telework
For all the talk about telework and mobile employees, most feds still work in offices.
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OFPP details how to bring retired acquisition workers back
Administration wants plans on how agencies will implement the General Services Administration Modernization Act provision by next month.
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DHS outlines eight keys to national preparedness
The 51-page document outlines the top priorities intended to synchronize pre-disaster planning, prevention and mitigation activities throughout the nation.
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Technology Administration head resigns as agency nears end
The Bush administration is replacing Commerce-based agency with a departmentwide council.
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Senate committee calls for independent review of WIN-T
Senators are concerned about what they call technological challenges and programmatic uncertainties, which could lead to additional cost growth and schedule slips in the program.
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Agencies need to improve service-level agreements
Experts say too many times the agreements are unclear and cause disputes.
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Navy tries a new tack with EA
Rather than establish a Navywide enterprise architecture, the service aims to create relationships among existing and divergent service architectures.
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New spectrum management tools en route to Baghdad
The lack of spectrum management tools has hampered the fight against improvised explosive devices in Iraq, military leaders say.
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Justice says no to private PCs for telework
The agency, concerned about the security risks that come with home computers, want remote workers to use government-issued laptop PCs, docking stations and Blackberries.
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Letter: Time to escape our 1940s mentality about telework
The future is now. My organization is struggling with space issues. Telework is the new capital of productivity for IT organizations. And yet we are trapped in the 1940s' mentality of build a bigger building for a bigger workforce.
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VA to award contract for HSPD-12 deployment
The Veterans Affairs Department and other agencies focused on 2007 and 2008 October deadlines.
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GSA sets new goal for telework: 50 percent by 2010
Adminstrator Lurita Doan said that the agency is developing plans to let half of its eligible employees telework by 2010.
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USDA picks Accenture to modernize financial systems
During the first month of the program, the contractor will develop a draft Financial Management Modernization Project Plan.
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Marine Corps' Mattis nominated to lead JFCOM
Mattis currently serves as commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force and commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command.
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OMB mandates use of import, export data system
Agencies have until 2009 to begin using the International Trade Data System to collect or license cargo.
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GSA recruits integrity council to review Sun case
The GSA administrator says it is not unusual for contractors to resist handing over documents to investigators, a situation that threatens to undermine the authority of the agency and the IG office.
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Coast Guard to test TWIC waters
The agency is looking to buy 300 card readers to test aboard at ports and aboard ships before broader deployment.
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