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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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Circuit

Sensors on soldiers’ garb spy what man cannot; Café policy; Not so electronic government

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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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White House wants limits on competitive sourcing out of funding bill

The Bush administration wants Congress to alter language in pending appropriations legislation that prevents several key agencies—such as the Agriculture and Interior departments—from participating in certain E-government initiatives and limits the agencies' use of competitive sourcing.