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DHS releases Real ID implementation plan
The plan includes a staffing configuration for the Real ID Program Office and goals to focus on in the next year.
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Survey: Most HR officials favor ditching GS pay system
A majority of federal chief human capital officers want to scrap the General Schedule pay system and move to performance-based pay systems, a survey by the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton found.
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GAO, union agree on representation election
GAO analysts will vote in a union-representation election as a result of an agreement between the agency and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
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CIO, CTO at printing office pull job switch
CIO Reynold Schweickhardt and CTO Michael Wash will continue to work on their current projects in their new roles.
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Lawmakers: Poor policies enable contractor performance to go unchecked
Companies that performed poorly were still able to win subsequent contracts because of poor oversight, lawmakers said.
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Official: DOD HR system on track for late 2008
DOD officials decided to move forward with the system based on Business Transformation Agency Director David Fisher's assessment of it.
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Agriculture CFO to double as CIO
Charles Christopherson Jr., USDA's chief financial officer since November 2005, has led several joint initiatives between the two offices.
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Lawmakers want online census for 2010
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) promised to force the Census Bureau to at least test using the Internet for the decennial count.
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House approves measure to rehire retired passport workers
The bill would let the State Department rehire retired Foreign Service workers to help handle a severe backlog of passport applications.
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9-11 Commission recommendations bill off to conference
House Democratic lawmakers hope for quick agreement with Senate, although potential sticking points include first-responder interoperability and cargo screening deadlines.
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GAO: Senior-level turnover at DHS double that of other agencies
The report follows findings the House Homeland Security Committee released last week stating that 24 percent of the department's executive resource positions are unfilled.
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Walker: Redefine 'inherently governmental'
Public employees and private-sector contractors have become almost indistinguishable, the comptroller general said.
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Poor management keeps governments from goals, report finds
IT can help the public sector improve performance, but poor management and lack of skills hinder progress, according to a report by KMPG International.
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DARPA wants better decision-making on battlefield
Its Deep Green project will use IT to build a battle command decision support system, according to a solicitation on DARPA's Web site.
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