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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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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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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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