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England to be DOD's first chief management officer
In his new role, DOD Deputy Secretary Gordon England has the lead in ensuring the Pentagon's business functions are in sync with the military's warfighting missions.
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DHS deputy secretary resigns
Michael Jackson, who has held the position since March 2005, will step down Oct. 26.
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Air Force 'shocked' by Chinese actions in space
Secretary Michael Wynne says the service must defense U.S. space assets.
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Lawmakers to DHS: Investigate response to cyberattacks
The House Homeland Security Committee has requested that the Homeland Security Department's inspector general investigate cyberattacks on DHS that originated from Chinese-language Web sites and actions by Unisys that the committee called incompetent and possibly illegal and may have failed to detect the intrusions.
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DOD failed to stop exploitation
With private security firm Blackwater USA under fire for its role in a recent shooting incident in Baghdad, new details are emerging about another problem involving contractors in Iraq: the working and living conditions of international laborers employed on U.S. government projects.
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HUD’s housing locator aids victims
Online rental listings fill in the large gaps discovered after Hurricane Katrina hit
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Circuit
Security finalistsThe International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, a nonprofit group for information security professionals, announced the finalists of its 4th annual Government Information Security Leadership Awards. (ISC)2 is giving three awards in three different categories. The 2007 final nominees are: Category: Nonmanagerial IT Security Professional Anthony Celata, designated approving authority, Trojan Network Control Center, Army Information Security Command. Cheri Gatland-Lightner, project manager, Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and…
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DOD failed to stop exploitation
Documents describe human trafficking violations by DOD contractors in Iraq
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Agencies still struggle to manage IT
Senators press OMB officials to reverse repeated history of IT project failures
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GAO analysts vote to form union
‘Ecstatic’ employees turn their focus to setting bargaining priorities
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The Buzz Contenders
#2: Karen Evans on securityCan the federal government be shooting itself in the foot by publishing its secure Windows desktop configuration standard and the protocol for automatically monitoring that configuration? Some folks attending the Annual Security Automation Conference and Workshop last week in Gaithersburg, Md., said they were worried about that possibility. But Karen Evans, administrator for e-government and information technology at the Office of Management and Budget, said she had bigger worries. "It is…
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Managing human capital
Management isn't easy, and management in the government is even more complex. The latest example of that is the Government Accountability Office. Last week, GAO analysts voted 897 to 445 to unionize, joining the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. Of course, that comes on the heels of GAO being named as the second best place to work in government by the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Public…
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John Stein Monroe | Telework’s digital tether
FCW Forum blog generates a lively exchange about what it means to work outside the office
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Christopher J. Dorobek | OMB’s 483-day sprint
OMB officials said they will launch no new initiatives for the remainder of the Bush administration. There are better ways to motivate federal workers.
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Ethics: Rules vs. common sense?
Industry executives worry that heightened ethics sensitivity will stymie productive and necessary relations between government and industry
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FCW Time Machine: 2002 | A good problem to have
People have plenty to say about the General Services Administration's schedule program, but one thing is for sure: Since procurement reforms kicked in, the schedules have consistently attracted more and more buying from agencies, indicating that GSA must be doing something right. So much so, in fact, that GSA's income from the fees it charges to agencies to buy from the schedules has far surpassed the costs for GSA to run the schedules and manage…
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Planners describe disaster strategies
Disaster preparedness leaders say they face crises expecting their best-laid plans will go awry
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General asks for shakeup in DOD’s C2 programs
Officials spearheading an experimental effort to streamline management of the military's information technology capabilities want more than $1 billion in adjustments to the fiscal 2009 budget request for command-and-control (C2) systems. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Hostage, who leads the requirements and integration directorate at the Joint Forces Command, said he submitted seven program change requests to senior Defense Department officials at the end of August. Hostage submitted his recommendations to the high-powered Deputy's Advisory Working…
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