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E-File goal too ambitious

Oversight board says 80 percent mark needs extension

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GSA memo: Agency officials freeze hiring

GSA's Acting Administrator David Bibb has ordered a hiring freeze for general management and administration staff at the central and regional offices.

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Welles: Don’t leave yet, but if you must…

OPM’s Springer says feds must think carefully before retiring and managers must get ready now

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Bush budget squeezes first responders

2007 spending plan would hurt state and local programs

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CDW consolidates sales

The company is reorganizing to unify its sales activities and share best practices between public sector and commercial operations.

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Another post-Katrina problem: What happened to the street?

Hurricane response highlighted the need to standardize digital maps

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Kelman: Let’s promote the IT Exchange

The program can improve trust between feds and industry and foster more information sharing

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USPS finds six ways to cut costs, not services

Robert Otto says trimming costs in small ways can produce big savings

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Decrying secrecy, citizen groups fight back

More federal agencies are taking data off the Web, while citizens seek ways to restore public access

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Judge: Much of NSPS illegal

Emmet Sullivan ruled against provisions governing labor relations, collective bargaining and other employee rights.

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USPS opposes bill to restructure mail service

Bush administration seeks $3 billion prepaid health provision

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Intercepts

Needed: IM etiquette during mortar attacks; An idea for IDs; The bandwidth ‘social issue’; Absolutely agog over AHLTA

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Circuit

Mac makes work; Got Gucci?; Hooray for Hollywood; The next generation; And the winners are...

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GSA’s Wagner says agency’s revenue drop prompts a hiring freeze

Acting Federal Acquisition Service Administrator Marty Wagner said the financial problems have two roots: “inappropriate rapid growth” and a shift in agencies’ buying practices.

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Feds secretly reclassify data

Thousands of documents have been taken off the shelves but left on the Internet

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Energy A-76 competition could serve as model — but should it?

Contractors teamed with federal employees rather than compete against them for a DOE engagement. Could their experience guide other companies?

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Sprehe: NARA profile reflects bad focus

The architecture document gives more attention to the risks than the benefits of records management.

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GSA considering reduction in force

Up to 400 employees could be in jeopardy, according to some sources.

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UPDATED: AKO to house all Army Web sites, portals

The CIO is working on a new policy to create a common online entrance for the service.

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Five companies land agreement to support LOB initiatives

The General Services Administration awarded a blanket purchase agreement to five vendors to support the Office of Management and Budget’s Lines of Business consolidation initiatives.<@SM>