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Gray: Market your advantages
If the government offers competitive salaries, why don't students know that?
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DHS seeks a few good scientists and engineers
The Homeland Security Department is offering post-doctoral study at its own facilities and Energy Department laboratories.
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Wireless funds go elsewhere
DHS official claims that $60 million targeted for wireless communcations was used on other things.
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GAO: Census' workforce not ready for 2010
The 2010 decennial census could be problematic if bureau officials don't address mission-critical workforce needs, the GAO warned.
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SRA to continue Air Force continuity planning
The Air Force has awarded a $13.7 million continuity of operations order to SRA International.
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FIPS 201 requires new scrutiny of contractors
A surge in background investigations of federal employees and contractors could begin in October as agencies prepare to comply with a new governmentwide standard for personal identity credentials.
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Marsh: Empowering HR officers
Many agencies have HR systems that have not evolved past the Cold War era
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Interior threatens whistle-blower
Fight continues over Interior's oversight of Indian trust funds in lawsuit accusing department of doing a poor job of protecting data from hackers.
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PMA yields turnaround at mismanaged agencies
Hate it or love it, the President’s Management Agenda is changing the way the government works.
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Cofoni resigns as head of CSC federal
Industry sources say Cofoni tendered his resignation Thursday night. No word on his successor or future plans.
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Senate drops restrictions on e-gov funding
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development did not follow the House’s lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.
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BearingPoint takes access card contract
Integrator will support Common Access Card program and help DOD comply with mandates regarding biometrics.
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OPM renames online learning portal
The governmentwide portal for online learning will now be known as USALearning.gov.
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DHS personnel system buy draws Hill ire
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) has launched a critical inquiry into the Homeland Security Department’s decision to award a blanket purchase agreement to Northrop Grumman Information Technology for the $175 million MaxHR project to build a new personnel system.
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Former Peace Corps CIO named CIO for Minnesota
The appointment comes a month after the governor launched the state’s new Office of Enterprise Technology.
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MIR3 and Intrado form partnership
Both companies provide emergency notification systems, and as a team, will pursue government opportunities.
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