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FAA's guide to dropping off the high-risk list
FAA explains how it eliminated its chronic management deficincies.
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How agency performance management systems are moving forward
With the Obama administration’s emphasis on performance and transparency, an effective performance management system, made up of goals, measures, processes and computer applications, will become even more important.
Modernization
4 lessons on changing employee performance metrics
A strong performance management system links employees’ results with that of the immediate organization and larger agency mission.
Cybersecurity
Bill would change Coast Guard acquisition
The Coast Guard would change some acquisition processes under new legislation.
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DOD readers debate value of NSPS
Readers debate the problems and potential of DOD's pay-for-performance system.
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Recommended reading
Fed workforce resists change; Pinching pennies in IT; A U.K. guide to better Web metrics; and LinkedIn privacy revisited.
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Akaka offers federal training bill
Agencies’ performance depends on supervisors' leadership and management skills, senator said.
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Kelman: Agencies have an opportunity to attract young, energetic employees
Agencies worried about losing seasoned employees to retirement should take advantage of opportunities created by a combination of scarce private-sector jobs and the new president's appeal.
Cybersecurity
Demand may fall for visas
Applications are due April 1 for the popular H-1B visas for foreign skilled workers who often work in information technology, but demand may be reduced this year because of the economy.
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Welles: Agencies will recover too
Federal employees can expect more work and visibility as the economic recovery efforts move ahead.
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Get a Life: Work life re-emerging?
Because of the stress of the economy and the needs of the nation, work life is re-emerging in importance in business and in government, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Modernization
SSA plots more cuts in disability claims backlog
A faltering economy, an aging population and a shortage of money are making it difficult to significantly reduce the backlog of disability claims, agency says.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Jaren Doherty
Doherty, associate deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity at the Veterans Affairs Department, has led an extensive, multifaceted computer security campaign that accomplished a tremendous amount in a matter of months.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Paul A. Ricketts
Ricketts, a senior-level IT security officer, is credited with eliminating material weaknesses in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s compliance with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Robert Childs
Childs, senior director of the Information Resources Management College at the National Defense University, has led several innovative IT teaching programs.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Dinah F.B. Cohen
As director of the Defense Department's Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program, Dinah Cohen had the vision and leadership to create an exceptional program that provides assistive technology and accommodation services to wounded service members and federal employees with disabilities.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Vivek Kundra
Kundra found ways to make government work faster, more efficiently and more cheaply by improving technology policies and services.
People
Federal 100 winner: Stu Shea
Shea, head of Science Applications International Corp.'s Intelligence, Security and Technology Group, founded the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and the GEOINT Symposium to bring people who work in geospatial intelligence together and promote the GEOINT trade.
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Federal 100 winner: Sue Dowling
Despite Dowling’s wide range of responsibilities for Data Networks’ federal and state government customers, she still finds time to support key industry activities.
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