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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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New OMB director sworn in
Jim Nussle's first challenge is finishing up the fiscal 2008 spending bills by the end of the month.
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DOD takes steps to cut contract costs
House urges military to reduce spending on services through better oversight.
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GSA on the road to recovery?
Agency officials announce plans to fix sagging assisted acquisition services.
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Clerical error holds up Army CIO confirmation
The Senate, having caught a mistake in the Army paperwork after confirming Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson in March, wants to go through the nomination process again.
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Grant law renewal uncertain
Agency officials are divided about whether agencies have institutionalized the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act's requirements so well that renewing it might be unnecessary.
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ATF agents get Web portal access
Officials say the new portal should eliminate delays in sending info back to headquarters.
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Unions press their case against A-76
Provisions against competitive sourcing in appropriations bills are strongest yet.
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Oversight committee to revisit the Clinton years
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has agreed to request documents from the National Archives that might show how the Clinton administration approached the idea of giving political briefings to agency officials.
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