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Agencies entering budget limbo
Funding to remain steady as budgets are caught between administrations.
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Bunn will replace Lacey at top job in NSPS office
As program executive officer, Bunn's first task will be to rewrite the NSPS regulations.
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House wants Coast Guard to lead on Deepwater
Lawmakers passed a measure that would require the Coast Guard to serve as lead systems integrator on new task orders.
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OCC awards $5.3 million e-content contract
Bank regulatory agency plans to move to real-time infrastructure during the next three to four years.
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Patent Office CIO to resign
Deputy CIO Deborah Diaz will serve as acting CIO until the agency hires a replacement.
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Agencies to employ card alerts
Like credit card companies, GSA will use data mining to detect improper spending.
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Pope’s visit a telework test for feds
DOT uses traffic disruptions to test COOP program and let 2,800 employees telework.
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Clearance process gets makeover
Lean Six Sigma will shape plan to achieve efficient and uniform security clearances.
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GAO employees to have say in pay
Agency promises to include employees in systematic review of performance pay.
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Senate passes IG reform bill
Measure would change the job of inspectors general by giving them more independence.
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TIGTA: IRS managers need contracting training
Report says service has used performance-based contracting, but its use is below the government's goals.
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House passes three bills on contracting
The measures would require more regulation and disclosure for government contractors.
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Social Security plans IT improvements
Cobol replacement is a long-term goal of the Social Security Administration, SSA's commissioner plans information technology improvements with near-term benefits.
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Agencies cite data sharing to aid troops
Meanwhile, senators probe why suicides are increasing among service members returning from wars.
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OMB: Agencies HSPD-12 postings improve
Agencies are doing better at posting HSPD-12 information for public viewing, but improvements are still needed, OMB finds.
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Bunn to replace Lacey as NSPS head
The Defense Department has named Brad Bunn to succeed Mary Lacey as program executive officer at the National Security Personnel System, effective May 11.
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Doan: telework goal will be 'cakewalk'
General Services Administration Administrator Lurita Doan says the agency will meet goal of having 50 percent of eligible workers teleworking by 2010.
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Airlines would collect fingerprints for US-VISIT
DHS wants airlines and cruise ships to be in charge of collecting fingerprints from foreign travelers as they leave the United States to help the department meet a congressional mandate.
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