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Letter: Government blogs are a good first step
A reader writes that there is more than blogging under Web 2.0 applications.
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Letter: Doan understood procurement official exodus but IG didn't
A reader says Doan tried to tackle the root of contracting problems early, while the IG's solutions are continuing to drive employees out.
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Buzz of the Week: Wowed by Virtual Alabama
Alabama has created an application that users can tailor to meet their homeland security needs.
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DHS touts intell advances
Office of Intelligence and Analysis focuses on state and local information sharing.
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Letter: Doan failed 'early and often'
A reader writes that Congress' oversight of the General Services Administration was weak.
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Rx for security clearance delays
A joint reform team’s proposal calls for an automated investigative process.
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Rules of engagement
Federal and state leaders of an environmental initiative share what they’ve learned about intergovernmental collaboration.
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Letter: Doan deserved more support from administration
A reader writes about Lurita Doan's positive work ethic and the resistance she faced in Washington's bureaucracy.
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Counterterrorism goes local
Feds look to local police department standards for suspicious activity reporting.
Digital Government
State and local: Housing slump hurts IT makeovers
Local governments must defer IT upgrades or seek innovative sources of revenue.
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Letter: Taxpayers lose under many agency-oriented contracts
The fed should be unifying, consolidating, and integrating its sprawling acquisition enterprise to save resources.
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Energy agency tries merit pay
Unions say they will watch closely as NNSA introduces a new pay system.
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Maine licenses and IDs still not good enough for DHS
Maine, the only state that has not been granted an extension for implementing the controversial Real ID regulations, has until 5 pm on April 2 to commit to making changes.
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Chertoff grants S.C. Real ID extension
South Carolina's governor said he did not plan to seek an extension because the state legislature opposed the ID card program.
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South Carolina defiant on Real ID
On the deadline for requesting an extension for implementing the program, the governor says the state has no plans to ask for one and hopes the standard driver's licenses will continue to be accepted as ID.
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Responders test coordination skills
Disaster exercise demonstrates improvements in incident response performance.
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