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DOD: Building a baseline of competency
Agencies seeking qualified project managers and weighing the benefits of certification may want to take a page from the Defense Department's playbook.
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Controlling expectations
In 2001, I met with 25 industry project managers to share lessons learned and techniques to set, monitor, manage and reset client expectations and increase the probability of successful project implementation.
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For DOD logistics, tags are it!
Radio frequency identification tags policy seeks to improve supplies
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The art of gauging risk
Agencies adopt new techniques that keep risk in check and programs on track
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DOD Webmasters learn new lessons
Several Defense Department Web sites dedicated to collecting and publishing lessons learned from operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom were scrubbed late last month.
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DHS doles out $2.2 billion in grants
The dollars come from three programs for first responders, law enforcement and public education programs related to crime and terrorism.
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OMB keeps risk on the radar
Program managers now face increased pressure from the Bush administration to identify and reduce risks associated with large information technology purchases.
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Funding bill restores sourcing teeth
The Treasury spending bill would have softened many competitive sourcing provisions, but that's been rolled into a larger bill that would bring some of them back.
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DHS schedules session for enterprise software vendors
The Homeland Security Department plans to hold an industry day to explain its goals for back office systems.
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Republican trio signs on to voter verification bill
Reps. Thomas Davis, Christopher Shays and Charles Bass joined 71 others in co-sponsoring a bill to require paper trails for all voting machines.
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Services still considering JTRS merger
Acquisition officials for the Navy and Air Force decided to talk further about possibly combining their services' parts of the Joint Tactical Radio System.
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Army aviator picked to lead Futures Center
Maj. Gen. John Curran has been nominated to head the group overseeing acquisition and fielding of the multi-billion Future Combat System.
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Companies team on responder networks
Xybernaut and Visual Link want municipalities to buy their high-speed wireless networks with mobile and wearable computers for first responders.
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Forman: Stop customizing core financial systems
Agencies need to adopt a core set of software standards for financial management, the former Office of Budget and Management administrator for e-government and IT says.<br>
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House approves Iraq spending bill
The supplemental spending budget for Iraq includes almost $2 billion in IT spending.
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GSA names Fedsim director
Lisa Akers was promoted to director of GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center.
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McFarland poised for the VA slot
Robert McFarland, nominee for the VA's assistant secretary for information and technology, breezed through his Senate hearing.
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DHS rounds out science unit
DHS' Science and Technology Directorate is almost fully staffed, with experts in all of the lead positions, an official tells Congress.
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