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CBP taps InfoPro for HR support

The company will help the office move to a distributed computing environment.

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Bill demands free public access to science reports

Articles about federally funded research would have to appear online 6 months after publication

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John Johnson picked for critical role at GSA

Agency veteran will take acting leadership role at GSA’s Integrated Technology Services.

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‘Ticked off’ about pay at GAO

Some GAO analysts give agency’s new market-based pay system a poor grade

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GSA gets buyout nod

Troubled procurement agency can now offer early-outs to as many as 395 employees.

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Flipside: Uncle Sam as a hot employer

Who says young people don’t want to be feds?

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ISO approves information security credential

The latest accreditation of an (ISC)2 credential will let more DOD employees meet a department information assurance requirement.

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Agencies struggle to hire technical talent

Survey finds negative fed image hampers recruitment efforts to fill tech jobs

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Congress blamed for poor e-gov performance

OMB says departments' falling scores reflect the reluctance of Congress to fund cross-agency programs.

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GSA awards Raytheon FirstGov.gov task order

The General Services Administration has tapped Raytheon Co.’s Information Solutions to provide new hosting and professional services solutions to a handful of government Web portals, including FirstGov.gov.<@SM>

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Protests put brakes on ITES

GAO expects to rule on objections from 5 firms by August.

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Senate schedules Doan hearing

GSA administrator nominee will face Senate questions soon.

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OPM finally gets rolling on a new retirement system

It has been a long time coming, but the Office of Personnel Management seems to be on track to revolutionize how the government tracks, maintains and processes retirement information for its employees.<@SM>

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Lockheed Martin makes Savi buy

The RFID provider gives Lockheed Martin new container management capabilities.

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House committee asks Army to consider integrating JNN, WIN-T

The House Armed Services Committee wants to know how the two programs can fit together.

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Agencies are enlisted to help lobby Congress for more support of e-gov

As the Office of Management and Budget steps up efforts to lobby Congress on the benefits of E-government, officials want agencies to do their share, too. In the latest President’s Management Agenda scorecard, nine agencies slipped in the E-government portion, and OMB officials are putting agencies on notice that they must do a better job of promoting their case on Capitol Hill.

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Congress divided over fixes for FEMA

Competing bills propose conflicting methods.

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Vegas' updated Web site bets on better usability

Easier navigation and more services are no gamble, the city finds.

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NAPA studies impact of A-76

The National Academy of Public Administration concluded that it is too early to tell how much an A-76 competition has improved IT services at the Forest Service.

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SRA captures Army task order

SRA International has landed a task order worth up to $16.6 million to provide technical services for a system that manages military firing ranges.