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Welles: Making lists
Experts, managers, federal Web sites provide helpful hints, important dates.
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6 groups that can make a difference
Smart feds join organizations where they meet and mix with a variety of professional people
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OPM reinforces flexibilities in emergencies
A memo from OPM Director Linda Springer reminds agencies about benefits and leave available to employees during inclement weather and natural disasters.
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Herley Industries wins two Pacific Rim contracts
The defense contractor will supply telemetry system upgrades and hardware to two Asian customers.
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FirstGov tweaks site for non-English speakers
The Web portal will soon provide a version for international visitors, RSS feeds in Spanish and a Spanish/English search function.
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Education taps Perot to upgrade biz management
Under the terms of the five-year contract, Perot Systems will upgrade the department's business management processes for Title IV higher education funding.
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ASCP gets a new boss
The Army Small Computer Program is now under the operational control of the Program Executive Office for Command Control Communications Tactical.
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Bush to nominate VA assistant secretary
With Senate approval, the VA would promote Robert Howard from supervisor of the Office of Information and Technology to assistant secretary for information and technology.
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Doan whittles away GSA deficit and enjoys it
The administrator said she has looked for ways to trim agency programs and asked GSA to make a 9 percent across-the-board cut in funding.
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IRS move to Treasury e-travel to be costly
Officials believe it is not in the tax agency’s best interest to change from its current electronic travel system to the Treasury Department’s version.
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Northrop Grumman adds GTSI to team
The IT solutions provider will add processing support to the Air Force Network-Centric Solutions contract.
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NOAA workers join Commerce pay-for-performance project
Among the employees shifting out of the General Schedule pay system are local members of several federal workers' unions, including AFGE.
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DOD's Office of Force Transformation to close
Experts say it was dependent on the late Vice Adm. Arthur Cebrowski's vision and energy.
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In-Q-Tel names new CEO
Technology veteran Christopher Darby will take over Amit Yoran's position as president and CEO of the venture capital firm Sept. 18.
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Ransom payments set maps free
Jared Benedict raised enough money to centralize 56,000 digital topographic maps in the Internet Archive and make them available for free download.
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A work in progress
Experts debate whether the creation of DHS boosted technology programs as expected.
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Editorial: Changing everything
There has been a noticeable and disappointing lack of significant or meaningful change on Capitol Hill since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Union: Low staffing at LAX worsens delays
Airline passenger advocacy group says staffing levels are part of a larger problem.
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