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Mintz: Turning conflict into consensus

A CIO exercises the fine art of politics to gain support for a key initiative.

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Schmidt: E-government expertise on tap

Google's CEO is always ready to share his insights with federal officials.

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Croom: Acquisition done better, faster, cheaper

The general shows others the way to transform a broken acquisition process.

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2008 Federal 100: Doers with vision

This year's Fed 100 winners are not only leaders but also doers. They are people who have refined strategic outlooks, but they are also adept tacticians.

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Telecommunications Industry Association adds board members

Graybar's Michael Dumas and Sumitomo Electric Lightwave's Fred McDuffee have joined the board of directors.

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Former feds to advise Cisco

Richard Burk, Ira Hobbs and Fred Thompson are the first members of the company's Advisory Fellows program.

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Ex-NASA CIO joins Asynchrony Solutions

Sam Venneri is a senior vice president at the company.

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White House e-mail controversy may affect current computers

A federal magistrate is weighing requiring the Executive Office of President to make copies of hard drives and storage media in use between March 2003 and October 2005.

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House committee approves telework bill

The measure to expand teleworking now goes to the full House; the Senate will consider similar legislation.

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Critics say EPA closed libraries too soon

Because the libraries were closed before all their contents were put online, some information may be lost forever, critics said.

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HUD to use e-games to learn business model

The agency is changing its business model for the program from a public housing agency-centric approach to an asset management model.

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Letter: Army should tackle wasteful practices at home

A reader says: “If the Army wants to eliminate waste, start over here, not overseas.”

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GPO gets new deputy chief of staff

Matt Redell will help with the operational management of the agency.

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Letter: Transitioning to project management difficult

t's not surprising [that] IT project management is not growing. The entrance criteria are pretty onerous, and those in charge seem to want to keep the club pure.

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GPO set to open second passport printing facility

The new $40 million dollar facility in Mississippi will help boost the agency's passport printing capacity and serve as a backup for the facility in Washington, D.C.