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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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Balutis moves to Cisco

Formerly the government strategies leader at Input, Alan Balutis becomes a distinguished fellow and director at Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group.

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Circuit

National Mall hooks up tourists and townies with free Wi-Fi; NASA division takes award for aviation gridlock management software; FirstGov tops annual government Web site survey; OASIS elects new leaders