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Army selects vendors for FCS training

The Future Combat System also passes key program review.

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New program places fed IT workers in the business world

Federal IT employees can be temporarily assigned to work in a company for up to two years to expand their IT expertise under an exchange program that begins next month.

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OPM finalizes rule for IT Exchange program

Three years after the E-Government Act established a program for senior federal IT employees to gain experience in the private sector, the Office of Personnel Management has finalized how the program works.

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Navy gives IT office financial clout

Central group eventually could manage $6 billion in IT spending.

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Intercepts

A record records management system; cell phone metric madness; Yikes! SecNavs digitized.

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OPM fine-tunes USAJobs

Users offer their own ideas for improving the Web site

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Hiring makeover helps attract younger feds

Part 2 of a series on a recent federal hiring experiment using commercial software tools and practices to find and hire qualified applicants.

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SRA receives Army logistics contract

The company provides support services to the 101st Airborne Division.

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State looks to expand content portal

Agency needs broader content management system for info sharing

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Welles: Leave no one behind

In planning for emergencies, don't forget employees with disabilities

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Kelman: Past performance revisited

The workforce must be trained how to make use of contractor evaluations.

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OMB builds out enterprise architecture

Two initiatives slated for September delivery.

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Lisagor: Sending mixed messages

A list of the ten most common barriers to good communications.

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Judge blocks DHS' move to new personnel system

Court says Homeland Security Department plan eliminates rights and protections Congress has said it wants DHS employees to have.

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Comings and goings

AFCEA's Bethesda chapter elects new officers; Kovach joins Telos

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Software keeps EPA workers informed about chemical risks

MSDS Vault is an online database of regularly-updated chemical information.

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Dean Hall likes to be backstage

FBI turns to ex-CIA manager to sort out its IT problems.

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DOD IG criticizes GSA buys

Contracting officials have wasted money, violated acquisition regulations when making Defense Department purchases through GSA contracts.

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New OMB guidelines target charge card use

The guidelines are intended to establish minimum requirements and suggest best practices for the management of card programs.

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OMB outlines e-gov reporting requirements

The Office of Management and Budget is following its own collect-once-and-use-many mantra for the fiscal 2005 report to Congress on the E-Government Act of 2002.