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UPDATED: DHS' Janet Hale resigns

Janet Hale, head of the Homeland Security Department’s management directorate, is resigning effective the end of April.

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Michigan unveils long-term IT strategic plan

The 209-page plan focuses on improving education, homeland security, health care, government, the economy and the environment.

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Satisfaction with government sites declines

Customer satisfaction with federal Web sites dipped slightly last quarter for the first time in a year, although users are generally more satisfied with the information the government has online, the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index concluded.<@SM>

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EPA to close library

Proposed cuts in the fiscal 2007 budget have prompted officials to shutter the agency’s Midwest Regional Library in anticipation of the budget's approval.

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Deborah Kutzleb: Debris database tracks vessel recovery

Post Hurricane Katrina, Kutzleb and Phoenix International produced a database to track of thousands of vessels as the Navy cleared the waterways.

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Lt. Joe Morgan: Quick work aids missing-person searches

Morgan helped the Coast Guard create a system to track missing-person reports in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

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DOD IG: Lack of systems engineering imperils missile system

The Missile Defense Agency has not completed a systems engineering plan or developed a sustainment plan for the Ballistic Missile Defense System, a report states.

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Intercepts

War is hell, 2006 update; Real-life Army/Navy video game battle; A hundred billion here…

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OPM publishes performance plan

Some goals in five-year plan apply to all federal agencies

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Congress questions financial management consolidation

OMB called to answer for lack of guidance on shared services initiative

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Cyrus G. “Jerry” Lohfink and Jim Preissner: Government/industry team delivers fed paychecks

Working together, Lohfink and Preissner kept Hurricane Katrina’s devastation from disrupting the processing of federal paychecks.

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VA, DOD share clinical data on a large scale

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have finally figured out how to make interoperability a success.

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Catherine Poole: Rules of road guide emergency buys

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Poole helped provide timely information about emergency acquisition procedures.

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Experts: GSA needs leaders fast

With news of another high-level manager leaving, the agency needs to bring in bold leaders to right its course immediately, experts say.

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Lt. Col. Kenneth C. Blakely: AKO opens virtual community center

Blakely's speedy organization of an online center helped Army staff affected by Hurricane Katrina contact relatives and find shelter.

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G. Kelly Croft: SSA averts delay in check deliveries

Croft sent technicians to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast to establish computer networks to restore connectivity and provide Social Security checks.

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Michael Gardner: IRS answers FEMA’s call for help

Gardner, along with a FEMA specialist and a co-worker, converted more than 850 workstations for FEMA's use a few days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

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GAO: FBI, GSA mismanaged Trilogy contractors

A report cites more than $17 million in potential overcharging and lost or stolen equipment.

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CBP awards $112M contract to Robbins-Gioia

Under the BPA, the company will provide program management support to the Office of Information and Technology.

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GSA clarifies telework rules

The detailed guidelines published March 17 in a General Services Administration bulletin are effective immediately.