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Letter: Doan failed 'early and often'

A reader writes that Congress' oversight of the General Services Administration was weak.

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Report: Acquisition workforce increases

The Federal Acquisition Institute's annual report shows a 7 percent rise in contracting specialists across the government since 2001.

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DHS delays TWIC deadline

The department has moved back the compliance date by seven months as demand increases for the maritime workers’ secure credential.

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Post-Doan GSA to focus on customers

Critics: She ‘broke a lot of china,’ but gave little thought to what happens next.

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Doan's undoing

In the end, ethics allegations didn't force her exit, but the hassles she caused did.

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Rx for security clearance delays

A joint reform team’s proposal calls for an automated investigative process.

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Law hinders competitive sourcing, officials say

A report on competitive sourcing ahows a decline in competitions between the public and private sectors that officials attributed to legislative restrictions.

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SSA creates panel to guide systems' future

The Social Security Administration will establish an advisory panel to analyze the agency’s information technology environment and recommend future systems enhancements.

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Web extra: Otto Doll: How good collaboration happens

Doll discusses how collaborations take shape and change with different participants.

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IRS studies expanding electronic filing

The Senate Appropriations Committee has directed the service to consider all possibilities to expand the electronic filing of tax returns to 80 percent by 2012.

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Letter: Young feds stereotyped, work undervalued

A reader writes that the skills the new generation of workers holds is an "untapped resource."

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Letter: Better staff needed to ease security clearance process

A reader writes: "I have been a Personnel Security Specialist for more than 20 years and have seen the entire clearance process steadily decline."

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Letter: Doan was a good change manager

A reader writes that done was a "caring leader of an organization that needed leadership."

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Social Security braces for retirees

Simplified and automated procedures will be deployed to help manage the workload.

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Rules of engagement

Federal and state leaders of an environmental initiative share what they’ve learned about intergovernmental collaboration.

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Editorial: End of the Doan era

GSA Administrator Lurita Doan couldn't overcome her missteps along the path to fighting a good fight.

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Amtower: A drop in the bucket

Frenzy about abuses of GSA’s small-purchase credit card program ignores its ample value.

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Army uses Lean yardstick

Measuring and analyzing service bottlenecks improved the Army’s reputation with veterans.

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Mistrust fosters oversight arms race

Lawmakers and acquisition leaders compete on measures to improve contractor oversight.