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Panel sees benefits of performance-based contracting

In a list of 10 recommendations, the Acquisition Advisory Panel says OMB should ditch a unilateral quota and set agency-specific targets.

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Florida awards EDS $308M pact

The company will develop and implement a Medicaid management information system despite protests from incumbent ACS.

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House DOD bill slashes 2007 NMCI funding

The House Armed Services Committee also cut the budget for the Army Global Combat Support System.

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Bush rescinds order that created CIO Council

Office of Management and Budget says the old executive order's provisions are now part of the E-Government Act.

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Immigration office names CIO

Before joining Citizenship and Immigration Services, Jeff Conklin worked for Washington state and the Education and Defense departments.

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CACI acknowledges rumor of BAE purchase interest

Integrator declines to comment on possibility, pledges to continue its current strategic plan.

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Sigaba names new channel development VP

Jeffrey Haidinger will be responsible for channel strategy for the Sigaba suite of private information-sharing products in the public sector.

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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>