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GAO: DHS is still a work in progress
Congressional auditors tell agency what it must do to improve IT management
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Workers tested on security smarts
Agency officials explore ways to make employee security training effective
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Going for telework
For all the talk about telework and mobile employees, most feds still work in offices.
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OFPP details how to bring retired acquisition workers back
Administration wants plans on how agencies will implement the General Services Administration Modernization Act provision by next month.
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Justice says no to private PCs for telework
The agency, concerned about the security risks that come with home computers, want remote workers to use government-issued laptop PCs, docking stations and Blackberries.
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Letter: Time to escape our 1940s mentality about telework
The future is now. My organization is struggling with space issues. Telework is the new capital of productivity for IT organizations. And yet we are trapped in the 1940s' mentality of build a bigger building for a bigger workforce.
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Transportation wants to share more services with FAA
Server virtualization, for example, could enable DOT and FAA to use each other as backup for continuity of operations instead of having individual COOP sites.
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GSA sets new goal for telework: 50 percent by 2010
Adminstrator Lurita Doan said that the agency is developing plans to let half of its eligible employees telework by 2010.
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VA to award contract for HSPD-12 deployment
The Veterans Affairs Department and other agencies focused on 2007 and 2008 October deadlines.
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GSA recruits integrity council to review Sun case
The GSA administrator says it is not unusual for contractors to resist handing over documents to investigators, a situation that threatens to undermine the authority of the agency and the IG office.
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Marine Corps' Mattis nominated to lead JFCOM
Mattis currently serves as commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force and commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command.
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USDA picks Accenture to modernize financial systems
During the first month of the program, the contractor will develop a draft Financial Management Modernization Project Plan.
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Security is telework's weakest link
Lawmakers and federal officials focus on raising teleworkers' security awareness.
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Crisis leaders are a special breed
Harvard researchers develop yardstick to predict decision-making abilities.
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Welles: Go ahead, show off
Joe Calloway's new book offers 4 tips for playing your A-game at the office.
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Oversight committee to revisit the Clinton years
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has agreed to request documents from the National Archives that might show how the Clinton administration approached the idea of giving political briefings to agency officials.
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Unions press their case against A-76
Provisions against competitive sourcing in appropriations bills are strongest yet.
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