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The first 90 days: Success strategies

Book offers transition strategies for new government leaders.

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House bill defunds parts of NSPS

Citing basic workers’ rights, Congress and courts denounce DOD personnel system.

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DHS loses top privacy official

Maureen Cooney, the agency's acting chief privacy officer, is leaving in September to join a law firm.

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No one-size-fits-all approach for EVM

New FAR rule allows agencies to tailor their IT project management policies.

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GSA names new regional administrator

Emily Baker will oversee 750 employees in the Northeast and Caribbean Region.

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GAO: Attack warning systems over cost, behind schedule

Air Force efforts to upgrade systems by fiscal 2006 have been plagued by a lack of oversight and poor management, the report states.

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Argon ST buys defense wireless communications firm

The company paid about $41 million in cash for San Diego Research Center.

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House calls for single grants database

The House has passed legislation to establish a public database for tracking federal grants, a move that advocates say will bring a new level of transparency to<@SM>the government grant-making process.

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USDA acts fast to fight soybean rust infection

An online early warning system the Agriculture Department put in place to help growers fight an infection targeting U.S. soybean crops has, by some estimates, saved farmers hundreds of millions of dollars.<@SM>

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DHS names new operations director

Roger Rufe Jr., a retired Coast Guard vice admiral, replaced Matthew Broderick.

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Doan: Employee buyouts not a first option

She plans to defer decisions about such offers to Jim Williams, head of the Federal Acquisition Service.

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FAR gives agencies EVM wiggle room

Agencies have discretion in determining when and how to apply earned value management, under the final acquisition rule.

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Raytheon buys simulation company

Virtual Technology Corp. built training software for DOD.

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Doan names GSA's White House liaison

John Horton has worked at the State Department’s Office of White House Liaison and SBA's Office of International Trade.

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Senators give mapping center a chance for survival

Congress seeks to keep the center in Rolla, Mo., which employs 130 people, open.

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CBP wins award from GSA

It won the first Travel and Relocation Innovation Award for its work to relocate 15,000 Border Patrol agents.

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Performance bill hearing emphasizes training

Two separate Senate bills offer new proposals for training managers and withholding pay increases from employees who don't do their jobs well.

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Max Peterson out at CDW-G

The vice president of federal sales has left the company, effective today.

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Ridge joins Iridium Satellite board

The former DHS secretary "brings a deep knowledge of homeland security," the company's CEO and chairman said.

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DHS completes National Infrastructure Protection Plan

The plan provides procedures for establishing priorities and will help in the annual budget processes for all federal agencies responsible for protecting critical infrastructure.