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Letter: Private sector has higher AWOL rate
A reader shares data from a private-sector survey that found a higher rate of unscheduled absences among employees than Coburn did for feds.
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Letter: Deal with AWOL feds and praise the rest
A reader salutes the hard-working feds who keep the government running.
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Letter: What about AWOL politicians?
One reader asks how long it's been since Congress passed a budget on time.
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Letter: Coburn's math doesn't add up
One reader questions Sen. Coburn's calculations and concludes that feds' absences represent a tiny fraction of the hours they work.
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Letter: Coburn's report barely scratches the surface
A reader says federal employees need meaningful measures of workforce productivity.
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Letter: Senator's report is full of sound and fury
A reader says Sen. Tom Coburn should compare feds' productivity to the amount of time elected officials spend on activities that don't serve the public.
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Percentage of intell contractors stays level
A recent survey revealed that contractors represented more than a quarter of the people working in areas funded by the National Intelligence Program in fiscal 2007.
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USA.gov ranked as best federal site
The national USA.gov portal received the highest score in a study of 61 federal Web sites released today by the Brookings Institution.
Modernization
Agencies ready 5-year infrastructure plans
As the Bush administration draws to a close, the Information Technology Infrastructure Line of Business looks poised to soldier on.
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Letter: Baseless attacks on feds undermine public confidence
The National Treasury Employees Union's president takes issue with an FCW story about federal employees' commitment to their jobs.
Modernization
FEMA plans to inventory emergency systems
The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to survey the nation's emergency alert systems soon as part of its effort to build an integrated emergency alert and warning system.
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SBInet faces construction delays
Budget concerns and the need to test the multibillion-dollar border-surveillance system in the laboratory could stall new building for months.
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GSA names technology executive
The agency's technology strategy chief will create policies for adopting common architectures and technologies. the General Services Administration says.
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Williams gets Bush’s backing
Bush sidesteps Sen. Charles Grassley's opposition to Jim Williams by naming him acting administrator of the General Services Administration.
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Army adopts knowledge management principles
The Army wants to use 12 knowledge management principles to increase information sharing throughout the service.
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LandWarNet conference roundup
Army CIO envisions souped-up handheld; AKO to add social-networking features
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ODNI CIO to step down
The country's first CIO for the intelligence community will end his federal service in September.
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Senator: Fed workers miss millions of hours
Federal employees have missed almost 20 million hours of work since 2001, according to a new report from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
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IG: Systems may impede FAS' transformation
Computer codes from the 1970s linger at GSA and fewer coders who understand it are still around, the General Services Administration's inspector general's office reports.
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