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Competitive sourcing gets a new name
The system that has public employees compete with contractors is tied to other ways of re-engineering agencies' operations and has been renamed "commercial services management."
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Letter: Challenges in business management and IT collaborations
A reader writes, "IT people are resistant to including the business aspects in what they see as their domain, ie. architecture."
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FDA tests electronic submissions from firms
The Food and Drug Administration will require the industry to file submissions in a standard format of extensible markup language next year.
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Reader comment roundup: Competitive sourcing as the gateway to scams, and more comments
Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.
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GSA: Watch late-year spending
Officials remind GSA's contracting officers about taking on too much work too late into the fiscal year.
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Panel flags DHS transition fears
Staffing, stability key to smooth change in administrations, study finds.
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Former Interior CIO Tipton to lead (ISC)2
Hord Tipton is the new executive director of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, replacing Eddie Zeitler.
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Buzz of the Week: A community in action
Last week, we got a lesson in community. We saw how quickly those bonds can assert themselves after an accident involving a longtime fed.
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The state of the acquisition workforce
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy learned exactly what contracting specialist were spending their time doing through a survey.
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What acquisition employees want
Caring and feeding for midcareer acquisition staffers keep them from leaving for other agencies.
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NASA employees continue HSPD-12 fight
The agency’s managers, scientists and engineers clash over workforce issues.
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Some telework security guidelines
Telework.gov offers links to various tools, relevant guidance and legislation related to telework.
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Tipton named executive director at (ISC)2
W. Hord Tipton replaces Eddie Zeitler at the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium.
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OMB: Agencies must shed more gateways
The federal government will have fewer than 100 external Internet connections near the end of fiscal 2009 to improve security, an Office of Management and Budget official said today.
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DHS' blended workforce worries senators
A report by the Senate Appropriations Committee urges the Homeland Security Department to find a better balance between public- and private-sector employees.
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Kelman: Knowledge management 2.0
The Customs and Border Protection agency's new Web site is a good approach to enabling employees to collaborate.
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