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Buzz of the Week: Competition among industry Goliaths

Hewlett-Packard, one of the biggest sellers of information technology products, announced it will purchase EDS, a big integrator.

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Balutis: Finding a new administrator

The post of GSA administrator is a ‘prune’ job — a plum job that needs an experienced hand.

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Waldron: Time for a schedule focus

The schedule contracts are the government’s most successful procurement vehicle. Invest in them.

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Grkavac: Focus on Doan’s record

Lurita Doan was a controversial figure, and yet she managed to steer GSA in the right direction.

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Qwest hires government business development manager

Deidre Murray leaves Sprint Nextel for Qwest

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ArcMail's CTO becomes sales vice president

Dean Richardson has taken over the company's sales team.

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Clipping the wings of indulgent travelers

VA and other agencies turn to new e-travel systems to trim excessive costs.

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Emulex taps IBM vice president as COO

Jeff Benck moves from Big Blue to Emulex

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Smart phones, smart leadership?

Management becomes a 24/7 job when executives,managers and supervisors get BlackBerrys.

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SAIC names two business unit managers

SAIC names J.T. Grumski and Doug Wagoner to the two positions.

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House passes bill with contracting reforms

The House has approved a spending bill with provisions designed to curb fraud by government contractors.

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CXO Lessons Learned: A new workforce paradigm

The seamless mixing of feds and contractors complicates workforce management.

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Career execs lead during administrative transitions

A change of administrations poses familiar challenges and opportunities for career federal service leaders.

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NASA CIO doubles as teacher, coach

Jonathan Pettus seeks to bring NASA’s centers together with a single focus.

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Battling more than demographics

Job hopping, premature promotions could be more of a threat to the acquisition workforce.

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Letter: Recruit employees with a quicker hiring process

A reader writes "the federal government...still fosters an antiquated and stovepiped hiring process."

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DHS faces human capital challenges

DHS' acting deputy secretary told a Senate committee that the department's top human resources job should be held by a career official, not a political appointee as required by current law.

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Letter: Time to settle federal e-forms procurement

A reader writes that the General Services Administration needs to award the contract for e-forms.

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Letter: Doan was misunderstood

A reader writes that Doan's mission may not end with her departure.

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SEC would require XBRL for financial reporting

If adopted, large companies would have to report financial statements using interactive data next year and all other public companies in three years.