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Leidinger: Recruit creatively

Recruiting new workers to government must be a top priority for federal executives.

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GSA: We’re focusing on assisted services

Agency readies a four-step recovery plan.

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E-filing trails 80 percent goal

Panel readies report on ways to increase electronic tax filing.

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Government taps the power of us

Officials turn to blogs and wikis to share information and achieve goals.

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GSA to retool e-contracting

Contracting officers say they shun the difficult-to-use eOffer, eMod applications.

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Circuit

New government marketing group; Speaking of marketing; Coming and going

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States move warily on Real ID

Officials still crave funding and firm guidance on nationwide standards for driver’s licenses.

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Cisco names CIA veteran to lead business group

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Agencies have new choices in financial, performance reporting

OMB is launching a pilot program to allow agencies to select an alternative format to the Performance and Accountability Report.

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Stephenson: Government in your hand

Governing in the YouTube era will change relations between government and citizens.

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House bill sets higher bar for DHS

Legislation would require department’s contractors to disclose foreign ownership.

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Kelman: A public service incentive

Government can attract young people by helping them pay down the debt they incurred as students.

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Harris adds to its Government Communications Systems Division

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Union urges Senate action after court upholds NSPS

The American Federation of Government Employees wants parts of DOD's National Security Personnel System nullified after an appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that struck down portions of the NSPS.

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House seeks speedy delivery of defense IT

The House version of the 2008 Defense Authorization bill includes $10 million for a pilot program that accelerates the process for reviewing and buying commercial technology.

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Dataline names new president, CEO

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Navy seeks contractor to help reduce its IT footprint

It wants support for its Cyber Asset Reduction and Security Task Force program, designed to halve the service’s shore-based IT footprint of the secret and lower categories by 2011.

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Groups push Senate for more open government

One hundred groups say passing the OPEN Government Act would boost the public's confidence in government.

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Wagner signs up with IBM

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Technical Communities gets new business development manager

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