People

IG: Contract data late, incorrect

Data entered manually rather than downloaded to the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation is to blame, GSA's inspector general says.

People

Ryan becomes Mercury's VP for its federal business unit

None

People

NASA juggles a mixed workforce

Contractor-heavy NASA seeks ways to improve workforce management.

People

FEMA embarks on IT upgrades

New strategy will enable the agency to use DHS administrative systems.

People

Waxman reforms ride on DOD bill

The tried-and-true strategy may not work without Senate and president’s support.

People

OSC: Doan violated Hatch Act

Doan decries leak of special counsel report and asks to have the findings withdrawn.

People

Sade: Be mentors

Senior GSA official urges agencies to transfer acquisition skills to younger workers.

People

DHS vows to fix information network

Feds are collaborating with state and local first responders to improve data sharing.

People

DOD's high-risk culture

Salespeople who promise leaps in technology are more appealing to DOD's leaders than modest peddlers who offer incremental improvements.

People

Buzz of the Week

Doan’s BlackBerry talks

People

Congress watches its own watchdog

Lawmakers probe employee complaints about GAO’s new personnel system.

People

Wagner: Lead with the mission

How to transcend the IT stuff and get to the point, which is enabling agency programs to succeed.

People

OMB to agencies: Use more performance-based contracts

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy says the contracts should make up 45 percent of agencies' awards through fiscal 2011.

People

Discrepancies get Doan another invitation to Capitol Hill

The House oversight committee wants to discuss her "unsubstantiated allegations" of poor performance and bias against employees who criticized her actions.

People

Senators call for management reforms at DOD

The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $648.8 billion authorization bill for fiscal 2008 that sets the stage for a showdown with the House about FCS funding.

People

Doan's attorney fires back for leaked report

In a letter to Special Counsel Bloch, her attorney expresses "utter outrage" that the report was leaked and asks him to assign the investigation to another body.

People

GPO chief of staff nominated to be public printer

Robert Tapella would face a big challenge: making the office more technologically oriented while budgets continue to shrink.

People

Bush nominates new Army secretary

Preston Geren could replace Francis Harvey, who resigned in March amid a scandal over substandard outpatient housing conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

People

Information-sharing efforts making strides, officials say

The Defense, Homeland Security and Justice departments and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are working more closely than ever to overcome barriers.

People

DOD's Clapper to do double duty with ODNI

The department's intelligence undersecretary will also work as the Defense intelligence director for the top spy office.