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The shadow rulers of the VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs is scrambling to modernize massive systems, reform its workforce and fill key leadership roles. According to ProPublica, a cadre of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago connections is secretly shaping those efforts and many others.
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Agencies still lag in empowering their CIOs. What gives?
Despite legislation, other congressional pressures and a presidential executive order aimed at expanding the authorities of CIOs, most agencies still lack policies to make those requirements a reality.
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NBIB move to DOD looks increasingly likely
National Background Investigations Bureau Director Charles Phalen discusses the Trump administration's plan to move the organization under the Defense Department.
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Dave Powner audits the state of federal IT
The GAO director of information technology issues is leaving government after 16 years. On his way out the door, Dave Powner details how far govtech has come in the past two decades and flags the most critical issues he sees facing federal IT leaders.
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GSA gets new head of services office
A former OPM executive will lead GSA’s planned Service Management Office as the agencies merge operations.
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Should federal contracting be more like Airbnb?
Steve Kelman believes a lighter touch and a bit more trust could transform today's compliance culture.
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Census details cyber strategies, awards last major IT contract
Census Bureau officials sought to address swirling concerns about what the agency is doing to protect sensitive response data and mitigate cyber risks.
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Collins-Smee leaving GSA
One of the primary architects of GSA’s Centers of Excellence program will return to the private sector at the end of August.
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Federal IT pioneer Giammo dies at 79
Three-time Fed 100 winner led major transformation efforts at the Social Security Administration, NOAA and USPTO.
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Trump announces nominee to head OSTP
Kelvin Droegemeier, an extreme-weather expert, is the president's pick for the long-vacant Office of Science and Technology Policy director's post.
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New bill would restore IRS critical pay for IT hires
A new bill by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) would reinstate a key hiring tool to boost IT talent at the Internal Revenue Service.
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Proposed OPM-GSA merger includes IT consolidation
As part of a proposed shift of most of OPM's function to GSA, officials plan a sharp consolidation of HR systems and the digitization of paper-based health and retirement records.
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Federal unions push back against 'chaos'
In court, at agencies and at rallies, federal employee unions are battling what they're calling an unprecedented assault on the workforce.
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Powner to exit GAO
After 16 years working at the Government Accountability Office, IT oversight expert Dave Powner is taking his talents to MITRE.
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The DATA Act compliance struggle is real
After more than a year's worth of DATA Act reporting, just six of the 24 CFO Act agencies submitted data agency watchdogs considered complete.
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State of evidence-based policymaking under Trump: 'Bad'
Former officials say a bipartisan movement to support the use of statistical evidence in government policymaking isn't advancing under the Trump administration despite big-name legislative backing.
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MSPB inches closer to addressing massive backlog
A Senate panel advanced three nominees to serve on the Merit Systems Protection Board, a step towards ending the board's longest-ever period without a quorum.
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Senior fed is Trump's pick to lead Census Bureau
Steven Dillingham, director of the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning at the Peace Corps, was nominated to lead the Census Bureau through 2021.
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