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Reader comment roundup: DOD contingency plan is on readers' minds
Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.
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Agencies to launch alternative-pay project
The Office of Personnel Management and Veterans Affairs Department will test a pay-for-performance system at a VA unit.
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New administration? Hide your IT projects
An expert advises that to avoid getting information technology programs killed, career feds should omit any mention of them when they brief their new, political appointee bosses.
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Letter: Company supports GSA's mentor-protégé program
A reader from BMAR & Associates calls GSA's proposed mentor/protégé program a positive action.
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GAO: Congress should update privacy laws
A key law governing the federal government’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information was written before the Digital Age, a Government Accountability Office executive says.
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CIA collaborates online
The managing editor of the World Intelligence Review, the CIA's flagship daily intelligence publication, discusses how online collaboration tools help the agency disseminate information.
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GAO: Banks need stricter access controls
The Government Accountability Office had reviewed internal controls for financial reporting for debt securities services when it identified weaknesses in security controls.
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Letter: AtHoc not a de facto alert platform for military
A reader finds a source comment misleading about AtHoc's alert platform being a "'de facto' alert platform for the Navy and Air Force."
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Panel seeks input from GSA's customers
A panel reviewing the agency's multiple-award schedule program plans to solicit customers' comments.
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DOD contingency plan includes furloughs
A Defense Department plan would furlough noncritical civilian employees in DOD's War on Terror operations if Congress fails to appropriate supplemental funding.
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Letter: Clearance process flaws suggest DOD indifference
A reader writes, "The dawdling, neglect and indifference shown in this security clearance process suggest that [the Defense Department] does not appear serious about gaining or retaining the services of professional linguists."
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Appeals court overturns Safavian convictions
A federal appeals court today overturned the convictions on some counts of former Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator David Safavian and ordered a new trial on others.
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New deadline for conflict-of-interest comments
Interested parties now have until July 17 to comment on how the government should handle potential conflicts of interest among service contractors' employees.
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Senate confirms Leiter as NCTC director
Michael Leiter has been acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center since November 2007.
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Comings and Goings: Samuel Visner joins CSC
Samuel Visner has joined Computer Sciences Corporation as vice president of strategy and business development in its North American Public Sector.
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