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NTEU vows to fight for better labor/management relations
The union said it wants the 2008 presidential election to end nearly eight years "of conflict and struggle" between administration leaders and federal employees.
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Another USDA exec to leave; CISO to go to HUD
Lynn Allen is one of several executives in USDA’s Office of the CIO to leave in the past several weeks and the last long-time Senior Executive Service career employee of that group to go.
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DHS lets industry liaison keep business ties
New position illustrates the challenges of government/vendor relationships
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Stolen VA laptop caught in safety net
Department’s mobile data security policies and practices prevented information breach.
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Companies rally for more IT work visas
The Compete America coalition, which includes many IT companies such as Boeing, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, asked lawmakers to raise the 65,000 annual cap on H-1b visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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NRC CIO looks to modernize agency
At the top of Darren Ash's list is updating videoconferencing systems and improving broadband access at remote sites.
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IG: DOD fails to keep contractor performance records
The inspector general found that the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System didn't include ratings on all active system contracts and many entries were late.
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Clearances: Faster, but not better
Lawmakers worry about the quality of security clearances as agencies speed their processing.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 4: MAX Federal Community
Budget managers do their number crunching in a collegial online workplace.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 3: Puget Sound Information Challenge
Good ideas come to government agencies that ask people to contribute them.
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Springer touts OPM's strategic plan for next two years
The Office of Personnel Management's strategic and operational plan for 2008 to 2010 includes new goals on retirement, security and the workforce.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 2: TSA’s IdeaFactory
Frontline employees give unfettered suggestions to the headquarters office.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 1: Intellipedia
Intelligence analysts establish trust in an online community of their own making.
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The collaboration gurus
The Collaboration Project, led by the National Academy of Public Administration, looks to be a center of excellence focused on the Web 2.0 world and how these tools can help government.
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Letter: Civil servants are in the power seat of change
I think we need to recognize civil servants’ discretion to improve things without need of many new laws or regs. The bureaucrats make almost all the hires — that’s one of their best opportunities to improve the breed of civil servants.
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Letter: New feds can learn from 'lifers' about implementing change
When my mentoring boss felt I had a handle on not only the specific area I was assigned to supervise but also how it fit into the larger picture he became my greatest supporter for change.
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Howard to leave HUD for NRC
Patrick Howard, chief information security officer at the department, will join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as head of its new Computer Security Office.
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