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Letters: Much ado about government pay

Readers sound off on the General Schedule pay system, pay-for-performance and poor management.

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NASA needs boomer expertise

Brain drain could mean a serious setback for the agency’s next trip to the moon.

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Military brass: Acquisition rules can't keep up with IT needs

FAR rules make it difficult to keep networks evolving to meet emerging needs, according to generals at the LandWarNet conference.

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Army CIO's new 500-day plan mirrors old one

The vision, mission and six strategic goals remain unchanged, but the new plan lays out a series of 20 new or updated objectives.

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EPA CIO wants better search capabilities

The growing number of agency documents that are converted into digital formats and dumped online is the source of the problem, Molly O'Neill said.

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GSA names deputy chief of emergency response

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Air Force seeks new ideas for support missions

It wants technologies that could offset limitations such as force reductions and budget shortfalls.

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DOD, intell community to collaborate on network access control

They are preparing a memo to formalize collaboration on an authentication mechanism named attribute-based access control, a DOD official said.

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FAA chief to lead Aerospace Industries Association

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FBI expanding access to fingerprint database

The State Department will provide all consulates and embassies with the ability to use the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System.

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FAS names General Supplies and Services leaders

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Postal Service CTO to retire

Robert Otto, who is also the CIO at USPS, will step down Oct. 1, the agency announced today.

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Forest Service wants internal IT call center

The agency is seeking proposals for a center that would resolve common and simple problems for agency employees.

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IT public relations firm names new execs

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State CIOs' priority: Consolidating data centers

They seek to to improve their service delivery, reinforce their ability to protect systems and the data they contain, reduce costs, and streamline IT functions, according to a NASCIO report.

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ITS names Alliant team

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GAO releases guide to monitor program costs

The agency has released a draft of its GAO Cost Assessment Guide, intended to establish a consistent approach to managing program costs governmentwide.

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GAO: NASA needs a plan for management modernization

The space agency must show how all its systems will work together before it can begin integrating them, GAO said.

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OPM updates regs to reflect modernized retirement system

The Office of Personnel Management addresses electronic signatures, online benefit decisions and electronic records.

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Watch out, YouTube

More federal agencies take steps to get their message across using online video content.