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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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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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