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Former CA CEO sentenced to 12 years in prison

Sanjay Kumar was also ordered to pay an $8 million fine for his involvement in a corporate accounting scandal.

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Ridge joins Deloitte

Former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge will be senior adviser to Deloitte’s State Government Practice.

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Management training program aims at fed contractors

Helios HR and Workforce Learning join forces to train government contractors in coping with workforce challenges.

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CMS awards potential $9b contract

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a contract worth as much as $9 billion to six vendors for contact-center operations for general Medicare and claims inquiries among all CMS communications channels.<@SM>

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Howard sworn in as VA's CIO

Retired Army major general Bob Howard takes the chief technology officer post at VA as assistant secretary for information and technology.

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Tipton steps down as Interior CIO

W. Hord Tipton said he took inventory of what he had accomplished since assuming the position in 2002 and felt it was time to try something new.

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ELC: Feds, industry leaders hash out partnership ideas

Attendees at the Executive Leadership Conference agreed agencies and contractors need to open the lines of communications when confronting procurement issues.

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New skills demanded in networked government

Government managers will need new skills and the ability to collaborate in order to move ahead in an age of networked governance, a senior GSA executive warned Monday.

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DISA, Navy seek new approach to commercial satcom

DISA issued an RFI asking industry to come up with innovative ways to manage commercial satcom capabilities to maximize available resources and minimize cost.

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Denett backs Doan's efforts

The administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy also said GSA's relationship with the Defense Department is improving.

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DOD begins major shift to utility computing

New IT contracts let DOD pay for servers on a per-use basis.

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CIOs should have fixed terms, some management experts say

Appointing agency chief information officers to serve a designated length of time could reduce turnover and promote greater continuity, according to a former deputy CIO.

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2006 Power Players

Compiling a list of powerful people in any business is never easy because it is, by its nature, subjective.

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Flipside: It’s a small world

Steve Ressler and Megan Quinn share a bond deeper than just recenet winners of FCW's inaugural Rising Star Awards.

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Veteran voice of senior executives speaks

Carol Bonosaro says the organization she represents values honorable public service.

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San Francisco re-ups SAIC unit for travel info. system

The city of San Francisco has awarded a four-year, $11 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to continue development, operations and maintenance of the Bay Area 511 Regional Transit Information System.<@SM>

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DiPentima receives IAC's Mendenhall award

The SRA International chief was recognized for his leadership; Okay, Hobbs, Bandler were also recognized.

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Doan wants lawmakers to rule on legality of multiyear funding

GSA administrator says disagreement over the issue has hurt her agency’s relations with the Defense Department.

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Phil Bond has clear vision at helm of ITAA

He sees his mission as no less than ensuring America remains a global innovation leader.

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Pharma alliance builds e-gov system

A group of pharmaceutical vendors developed a system for filing reports to the FDA without receiving any FDA funds.