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Patent examiners struggle with backlog

GAO finds high turnover rate and quotas impede the patent review process

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What makes a Power Player?

FCW's second annual Power Players special report recognizes the most prominent deciders in the government IT community.

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Privacy, security depend on program managers, experts say

Executives responsible for their organizations' compliance with security and privacy rules push them down to program managers to follow through in daily operations.

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Letter: How much do long-time feds earn?

They are maintaining systems that will take years to replace.

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Group files motion to preserve e-mail backup tapes

CREW says the Bush administration has illegally discarded 5 million e-mail messages, and it seeks a temporary restraining order to ensure the backups are kept.

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Experts tout virtual work environments

Knowledge management experts at the Program Management Summit 2007 agreed that virtual offices are the wave of the future for effective collaboration.

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Robbins Gioia promotes O'Brien

Marie O-Brien will be president of the company's newly combined defense and intelligence divisions.

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Wall takes charge of business development for Lockheed unit

Mary Wall was previously area sales director for federal civilian sales at Unisys.

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Morrison and Foerster expands Government Contracts practice

The company has hired Keric Chin, an Air Force retiree, as of counsel.

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Letter: Government work unattractive to engineering grads

They can get better jobs, pay and benefits by working in the private sector.

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Be adaptable, SSA's CIO tells program managers

Thomas Hughes said predicting trends and focusing on agencies' missions should be their main goals.

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Power Players | 2 - Karen Evans

Administrator of e-government and information technology at the Office of Management and Budget.

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Power Players | 3 - David Wennergren

Deputy assistant secretary of Defense for information management and technology and deputy chief information officer and vice chairman of the CIO Council.

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Power Players | 4 - Shay Assad

Director of procurement and acquisition policy at the Defense Department.

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Power Players | 6 - Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)

Ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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Power Players | 7 - Scott Charbo and Robert Howard

Charbo is chief information officer at the Homeland Security Department, and Howard is CIO at the Veterans Affairs Department.

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Power Players | 8 - Martha Dorris, Venkatapathi Puvvada and Leslie Steele

Dorris is president of the American Council for Technology, Puvvada is chairman of the Industry Advisory Council, and Steele is executive vice chairwoman of IAC.

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Power Players | 9 - Paul Brubaker

Administrator of the Transportation Department’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration.