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Pension system to benefit from makeover
OPM has awarded a $290M contract to improve the quality and timeliness of retirement services.
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Disciplinary review
Top-notch investment review boards enforce IT spending discipline, but they’re hard to find
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ATF, unions agree on telework plan
The final agreement will cover about 750 agency employees.
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GAO: E-invoicing could reduce DOD late payments
Small businesses, which are paid late more often than bigger companies, stand to gain the most from more timely payments.
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House boosts 2007 VA IT budget, but with strings
VA must adhere to OMB guidelines and use enterprise architecture.
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Texas 211 network to aid emergency planning
Residents can let the state know if they will require special transportation assistance in the event of an emergency evacuation.
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Welles: Successful succession planning
Be prepared by matching talented employees to leaders before those leaders depart.
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Intercepts
Send in the SES sleuths?; Better-than-nothing buys; Kaplan test prep for recruits?; Tito Puente emergency project legacy
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Editorial: Beyond the Band-Aid
There must be a wholesale look at the way the industry security clearance process works.
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Forest Service ended year with A-76 savings
A review warns against offsetting the savings with spending increases outside the IT group.
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Report warns RFID is not best for tracking people
Supporters and critics disagree about whether the technology can protect privacy.
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Microsoft, NGA team for hurricane work
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency customizes Microsoft's Virtual Earth to publish maps and aerial imagery.
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Commerce signs up for security training
The Commerce Department has awarded a task order to the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2, to provide an expanded information security education program for the department’s information security employees.
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Commerce expands (ISC)2 certification training
The Commerce Department is expanding training for its information security employees using the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium.
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Feds: Lack of diversity in IT could derail U.S. competitiveness
Women, minorities and people with disabilities are under-represented in the IT community.
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Government disability site earns Web award
DisabilityInfo.gov has earned a Gold Award from the American Association of Webmasters for outstanding design and quality of content.
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Justice to gauge agencies' case management needs
The Justice Department will gather case management requirements through the summer of other agencies that conduct law enforcement.<@SM>
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Chief Architects chairman changes agencies
Ira Grossman plans to transfer from his chief architect position at NOAA to the FDIC.
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