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Letter: Innovation is overrated
A reader writes that stability, not innovation, is needed to help procurement and acquisitions.
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GAO: Treasury needs to monitor bailout
The department must establish management, accountability and transparency when regulating the $700 million financial relief program, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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GSA gets new congressional affairs leader
The agency is promoting Brian Mabry to associate administrator of the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
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Government-themed Twitter site launched
A new Web site, created by BearingPoint, provides links to blogs and the sites of government leaders and experts.
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Get a Life!: Inaugural holiday?
Closure of federal offices could be a test of continuity-of-operations plans.
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DHS consolidates recruiting systems
The department will use an e-Recruitment program to consolidate more 50 separate systems used to recruit and hire employees.
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Acquisition leaders concerned about eroding workforce
Agencies should provide better training and useful oversight to improve the procurement process, according to a survey of acquisition experts.
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GAO: Mixed progress on SES diversity
The percentage of female and minority senior executives increased overall but declined at one-third of major agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management.
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TSA wants companies to test technology
The Transportation Security Administration is asking companies to participate in a pilot program to test screening technologies for air cargo.
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Transition Watch: Obama faces major problems with DHS
Significant management challenges, an urgent requirement for investment in human capital and a growing list of acquisition programs need to be resolved.
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IG: TSA needs better ways to catch criminals
Airline employees had smuggled guns and marijuana aboard a commercial flight.
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Experts tackle guidance to stop cyberattacks
A new group is developing guidelines that would focus on strategies to fix vulnerabilities most often exploited to breach information and network security.
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Obama names CBO head Orszag as OMB's director
President-elect Barack Obama also promises to put the federal budget under a microscope to eliminate unnecessary programs and require others to be cost effective.
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How will your agency check its spending?
Recognizing the importance of acquisition, GAO gives Congress a few questions to ask President-elect Obama's nominees for top jobs.
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Letter: Government stands in way of private-sector benefits
A reader writes that government is not as efficient as private industry in administrative tasks.
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Coast Guard seeks training for acquisition staffers
After experiencing acquisition problems and losing some buying authority for major projects, the service is looking for a contractor to train employees.
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Letter: Fun with math
A reader does some math for the $1.2 billion TSA awarded Lockheed Martin for a human resources support contract.
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Letter: Don't blame contractors for data leaks
A reader writes to say employees of the Defense Department and the federal government share blame for data leaks.
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