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Agencies must reform to meet workforce challenges, GAO analyst says
Workforce management remains at high risk because the government still lacks a framework to advance reform, Christopher Mihm told a House Appropriations subcommittee.
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Patent review 2.0: Peers to examine applications
USPTO will start testing a program in which anyone can volunteer to help review applications for some technology patents.
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GAO urges DOD to better regulate inventory lead times
Defense Department agencies regularly miss estimates on the lead times needed for acquiring spare parts, needlessly tying up billions of dollars, GAO found.
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Doan to testify before House oversight committee
Rep. Henry Waxman called Doan to answer allegations of wrongdoing and misconduct.
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OMB analyzing architecture of agency business lines
The Office of Management and Budget is focusing on specific segments to show enterprise architecture’s value outside of IT, OMB's chief architect said.
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Bill would put brakes on DTS' travel portion
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) introduced a bill that would ban use of DTS for travel planning while preserving the system’s back-end functions.
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GSA names new chief acquisition officer
Molly Wilkinson most recently was the Labor Department’s associate deputy secretary for management.
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Treasury selects new FinCEN director
James Freis Jr. replaces Robert Werner, who left FinCEN in December 2006 for the private sector.
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GSA releases telework guidelines
GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy offered advice for agencies to use information technology and communications efficiently and effectively, and comply with teleworking laws.
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Government execs in U.S., Canada take similar positions on performance pay
Common themes emerging from recent surveys include support for performance management principles and a dissatisfaction with the ways pay is linked to performance.
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OMB: Agencies slowly improving financial management
A joint effort by OMB, chief financial officers and the inspectors general could bring further improvements, says OMB controller Linda Combs.
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New contract for Joint Test and Evaluation could total $937M
JT&E will use the money to develop future concepts for joint warfighting and homeland defense.
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Agencies improved information dissemination, access in 2006, OMB says
According to the Office of Management and Budget's latest report to Congress, agencies’ use of e-government continued to grow.
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Katrina subcontracting plans incomplete, GAO finds
The recording problems have raised the ire of Sen. John Kerry, who requested that agencies send guidance to their procurement offices about better tracking data.
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