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IRS.gov scores with citizens
Despite a slight overall decline in the first quarter of 2006, citizen satisfaction with many individual government Web sites rose substantially.
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Business transformation is turning heads
A Pentagon team is getting rave reviews for making progress with a program long known for inertia
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Grants LOB managers out to prove consortia model works
While there are no stated goals for agencies to migrate to the three consortia under the Grants Management Line of Business, the agency lead managers for the initiative are strongly optimistic that at least one agency will prove this year that the shared-services provider concept works.<@SM>
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Hale resigns from DHS
Departure could lead to yet another reorganization at the Homeland Security Department
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Welles: Decompress your stress
IT problem-solving creates on-the-job stress that a few mind exercises can help relieve.
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GAO assesses Katrina oversight
Confusion, poor communication and a shortage of oversight officials led to wasted spending
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U.S. Access Board names Bibb chairman
The board is an independent federal agency that coordinates governmentwide efforts to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities.
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USGS lifts suspension on A-76 jobs competition
The controversy will not impede the agency’s plans to consolidate electronic-mapping functions.
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GSA defines its challenges
Embattled agency officials maintain that changes will strengthen GSA
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ManTech wins $114M Army task order
ManTech International won an Army task order to support countermeasures for improvised explosive devices.
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Navy extends NMCI pact
The $3.1 billion contract extension locks in 15 percent seat price reduction.
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Intercepts
Joint Staff to get first woman C4 director; Hacker warning note: Don’t mess with MDA; The vanishing IG report; The Army network vision thing.
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DOD issues final rule on non-DOD contracts
The rule clarifies the circumstances under which DOD officials could use contracts that originated in other agencies.
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Border Patrol to expand UAV usage
A success so far, unmanned aerial vehicles also cause concern for some officials.
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Taxpayers move to the Web
Percentage of taxpayers filing electronically is up from last year.
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Employees like IRS remote access project
It also saves the agency money, the associate chief information officer for enterprise networks said.
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Audio archives could become inaccessible, engineers warn
Tapes and records could deteriorate, making audio archives useless, so urgency is needed to transfer them to digital media.
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