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OMB mandates the use of foreign-trade system
New requirement is related to the regulation of imported goods under the Safe Ports Act of 2006.
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OPM: Calling all SES hopefuls
Agency seeks to expand feds’ enrollment in executive leadership training program
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SEC case proves merit pay is hard
Arbitrator identifies subjective practices in SEC’s merit compensation system
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NARA security classification chief steps down
J. William Leonard has been responsible for overseeing the policies of the governmentwide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program since 2002.
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Private-sector info-sharing network in works
The Corporate Crisis Response Officers Association, led by former DHS Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson, is working on a network for use in emergencies.
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McManus to leave government work
The Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer has held the position for less than a year.
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McManus to leave government work
The Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer has held the position for less than a year.
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DISA setting up new network monitoring center
The Information Sharing Operations Center will gather data about the status of various services feeding data to the military networks for a variety of applications.
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DISA sees managed services as the future
Agency CIO John Garing wants to expand DISA's use of this approach to software.
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GAO employees able to sneak past Border Patrol
The Government Accountability Office says security at the U.S./Canadian border needs to be stronger.
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State Department opens up with Dipnote blog
Officials hope to take some of the secrecy out of diplomacy though the Web log.
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VA: IT, security progress to accelerate in 2008
But GAO said the department is lagging in its reorganization and management processes.
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Privacy, IT officers come together to create policy
Notifying agencies and individuals about data breaches has forged new relationships.
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Army center to get knowledge management help
The Army Defense Ammunition Center has hired SI International to evaluate training courses and develop Web-based processes.
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OPM wants new evaluation of security clearance process
Director Linda Springer, citing progress on the security clearance backlog, has called for an updated report from the Government Accountability Office.
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GSA tones down request for federal spending database
The agency modified the RFP to ask only for analyzed data, not technical services.
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DISA on the lookout for unknown technologies
The agency issued a request for information to find out what industry has available that DOD doesn't know about.
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Air Force names Lord to lead Cyber Command
Maj. Gen. William Lord will continue determining the Air Force's cyberspace strategy.
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