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OPM: Hewitt failed to deliver pieces of system
Office of Personnel Management officials say they suspended work by Hewitt Associates on the RetireEZ system after benefits-calculation functions failed user tests.
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Career federal IT exec Suda to retire
Robert Suda, most recently at the Transportation Department, was also associate chief information officer at the Agriculture Department and an assistant commissioner at the General Service Administration’s Federal Technology Service.
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FlipSide: A few minutes with...Vern Bettencourt
Bettencourt, the Army’s deputy chief information officer, will retire June 4, and he has some ideas about what the focus of CIOs will be.
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Inside GSA’s telework program
William Kelly outlines a three-part strategy for hitting GSA’s 50 percent teleworking goal.
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DHS financial systems project concerns IG
The department's inspector general said DHS should consider options for consolidating its components' financial systems before moving forward.
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Feds protected from retaliation
The Supreme Court has ruled to protect federal employees against retaliation for filing age discrimination complaints.
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Letter: No notice on certain 'hiring flexiblities' is problematic
A reader explains why the National Treasury Union makes a good point about OPM's hiring practices.
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Kelman: Senior leadership teams
Does your organization need a senior leadership team? Maybe not, a new book suggests.
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More details required for FOIA reports
The Justice Department's revised guidance for agencies'FOIA reports incorporates legislative mandates and a 2005 executive order that required increased reporting on FOIA activities.
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More taxpayers use e-filing
The increase in e-filing was strong among last-minute filers, a group that has traditionally filed paper returns.
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GSA head tries to ease tension Doan created
Acting GSA Administrator David Bibb is reaching out to different parties to ease tension and repair strained relationships.
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Letter: Hiring internally can ease the blow of boomers loss
A readers says hiring from outside is not the only way to fill the positions retirees will leave. What about promoting from within?
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Reader comment roundup: Telework, Lean Six Sigma, scholarships, NASA employee suspension and more.
Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.
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Union criticizes OPM's flexible hiring practices
The National Treasury Employees Union's president said using hiring flexibilities in government impedes fair competition and merit-based hiring practices.
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TSA to follow FAR and DHS acquisition regs
Until now, the Transportation Security Administration had been following procurement regulations used by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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House passes bill with contracting reforms
A defense authorization bill gets a package: four contracting bills and other provisions in a clean contracting amendment. The House passed the amendment and the bill May 22.
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NASA blogger suspended for Hatch Act violation
The Office of the Special Counsel found that a Johnson Space Center employee violated the Hatch Act by writing politically oriented e-mail messages and blog postings at work.
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