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Lisagor: My crystal ball says...
If some of these predictions sound unlikely, it's not because my crystal ball exaggerates.
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Welles: The age of speed
Master the use of timesaving devices so you have more time for life’s important moments.
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Report: Don't give up on pay-for-performance system
Many feds are still skeptical about pay for performance, but the idea remains a promising alternative to the General Schedule pay system.
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GAO: FAA needs to hit acquisition performance goals
The ramifications of missing budget and schedule targets will become more severe as the agency makes the transition to its Next Generation Air Transportation system, according to a recent report.
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Gallagher moves to DHS to help implement HSPD-12
The former DOD official brings experience with secure identity card programs.
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GAO: Agencies need to improve COOP recordkeeping
Agencies aren't producing adequate documentation of continuity-of-operations exercises, the Government Accountability Office has found.
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TIGTA: IRS wasted money in early HSPD-12 efforts
The lead for Treasury's implementation of the initiative spent $3.5 million on unnecessary hardware, software and services, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
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Arbitrator orders ATF to let examiners telework
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives must extend telework to legal-instrument examiners under an arbitration panel ruling.
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FOIA reform bill now in Bush's hands
Congress unanimously approved legislation that would increase compliance requirements and establish a governmentwide ombudsman to handle problems.
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GSA picks its telework chief
The agency looks to William Kelly, its director of HR Services, for help in meeting its goal of having 50 percent of its workers telecommuting by 2010.
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Census nominee supports Internet questionnaires
Stephen Murdock, Bush's nominee to head the bureau, said the agency must look into Web-based surveys while keeping privacy protection in mind.
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Suda to head DOT's Volpe Center
Robert Suda will be the innovation center's acting director, effective Jan. 14.
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Fire breaks out in Old Executive Office Building
People were evacuated because of the blaze, which started on the second floor of the building near the vice president's ceremonial office.
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Letter: How much is pay a factor in outsourcing high-level workers?
Most of the federal jobs that end up competed out via A-76 are technical, administrative and support jobs, not high-end professional positions.
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Bureaucracy hurts homeland security, Bush aide says
Joel Bagnal, deputy assistant to the president for homeland security, is calling for a consolidation of the congressional review process for homeland security initiatives.
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USPS consolidates HR systems
The agency has replaced 70 systems with one that employees can access online at any time.
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DHS' chief human capital officer resigns
Marta Brito Perez will leave the department Jan. 6, 2008, a little more than a year after being apointed to the job.
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Ballard to leave Perot Systems; Carrick to succeed him
The president of the company's Government Services division plans to pursue new opportunities.
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OPM is gaga over Google helping attract new hires
The partnership will provide Google users with information previously available only through a keyword search on the USAJobs Web site.
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