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Letter: Tracking past performance good but time-consuming
A reader comments about the lack of employees to handle the important task of tracking performance.
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Letter: National Defense Authorization Act offers no acquisition solution
A reader says acquisition is in trouble, and the National Defense Authorization Act is not going to help.
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IG: USDA monitoring system improves IT security
The Agriculture Department needs a more coordinated approach to its security program, USDA's inspector general reports.
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TSA tests electronic boarding passes
The paperless boarding pass is displayed on a cell phone or PDA as an encrypted two-dimensional bar code, along with passenger and flight information.
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Agencies collaborate on digitization guidelines
A new Web site highlights the work of the agencies participating in the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative.
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TIGTA: IRS disregarded security gaps in CADE
Some agency organizational offices did not assure that security weaknesses were corrected before deployment despite policies and procedures to do so.
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KM experts dispute age gap
Does a generation gap affect federal employees’ adoption of knowledge management and Web 2.0?
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TIGTA: IRS disregarded security gaps in CADE
Some agency organizational offices did not assure that security weaknesses were corrected before deployment despite policies and procedures to do so.
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GAO: Agencies should standardize biometric data
Information sharing would improve among agencies if a standard is chosen, the auditing agency reports.
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Military to turn more officers into acquisition
Provisions of a new law require the Defense Department to recast acquisition as an exciting career field to attract the best officers.
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Letter: Limits to cost-plus contracting not a solution to limit waste
A reader writes about eliminating cost-plus contracting, "It certainly generated a buzz within our community, and that is good because it means many recall that history has shown us that this is not a good way to go."
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Memo to the micromanaged from Judy
Even though we all would like a boss to be a good listener, you can help make that happen by understanding and adapting to how your boss wants things communicated.
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Are you a micromanager?
If so, Mike Lisagor and Judy Welles would like to have a word with you about leadership, delegation and employee motivation.
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OPM pulls plug on $290 million RetireEZ contract
The agency will continue retirement modernization activities in business process improvement and data standardization.
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Editorial: A call for nominations
Federal Computer Week begins accepting nominations for the 2009 Federal 100 awards program this week.
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GAO reveals new authority over protests
Congress has given GAO the power to rule on protests of agencies' task and delivery orders, which were once off limits for the auditing agency.
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KM advocates seek policy boost
Group hopes the next administration will make knowledge management a higher priority.
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