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Comings and Goings: Steven Smith fills new chief position at SBA
Steven Smith is the new chief of the Executive Office of Disaster Strategic Planning and Operations at the Small Business Administration.
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Donald General to be vice president for IT at Caelum Research Corporation
Donald General will become Caelum Research Corporation's new vice president for information technology June 16, 2008.
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Federal employees get more rights in protests
The Government Accountability Office has changed its rules on protests in competitions for government work between federal employees and private contractors.
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Letter: Performance objectives not always relevant to mission
A reader writes that some objectives were generic and "were not necessarily appropriate at the "grassroots" level."
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DOD reassures users about privacy
The Defense Department revises the language of its login banner to reassure users their communications are private.
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Letter: Pro-telework policies for feds overdue
A reader says allowing feds to telework is a way to minimize highway traffic, save money on government building space and provide fed commuters with relief from gas prices.
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VA promotes teamwork on cybersecurity
An incident response team brings information technology and business line representatives together to address information security issues.
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Buzz of the Week: A few minutes with Steve Ballmer
Federal Computer Week Editor-in-Chief Christopher J. Dorobek spoke with Microsoft’s leader about his views the government market and other issues.
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House telework bill advances
Stronger language added to bill to ensure that data that is transferred to the home computers of teleworkers is kept secure.
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Letter: Telework expansion depends tax removal
A reader writes about the barrier of taxation and how the Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act can help.
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DHS moves ahead on info sharing network
The Homeland Security Department has hired General Dynamics One Source to upgrade its Homeland Security Information Network — which shares sensitive but unclassified data among state, local and private sector organizations.
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New requirements for interagency agreements
New guidance from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy is designed to help agencies better handle agreements to buy things from other agencies.
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OMB seeks more volunteers for PAR pilot
The program seeks to make agency financial and performance information more understandable and useful to Congress and the public.
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Bush pushes biometrics for national security
A presidential directive requires the increased compatibility of methods agencies used to collect, store and share biometrics used to identify and screen “known and suspected terrorists."
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Deputy chiefs key to transition
Career executives can provide stability during a change in administration.
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Welles: Bit literacy is the new cure-all
An e-mail inbox can get out of hand when you use it for everything but that for which it was intended.
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Lisagor: Top 20 things not to say
It pays to take time to consider the consequences of careless remarks.
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GSA reshapes office for efficient operations
The agency will create a new office to handle some IT programs.
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DHS deputy secretary confirmed
Paul Schneider is involved in overseeing the planning and implementation of DHS' plans for the next presidential administration transition. In January, DHS will transition for the first time.
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