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Policy home runs
In FCW’s first two decades, six statutory changes transformed the IT playing field.
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Seven policies to watch in 2007
Seven policies that will have a significant impact on the government IT landscape this year.
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Government business attracted big players
Federal IT sector has been mostly bullish since FCW’s launch.
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Report: Boom expected in hiring security-cleared workers
A new multimillion-dollar defense contract is expected to push up the demand for staff with security clearances in the coming months, according to an online job database.
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GSA’s Wagner to retire
Marty Wagner, the General Services Administration’s long-time career employee policy lead, has decided to retire from the federal government.
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Marty Wagner announces retirement
The deputy commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Services will end a 31-year federal career Jan. 31.
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Web extra: Widening gulf separates acquisition, oversight
Concerns about procurement irregularities have significantly increased the level of congressional oversight.
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GSA schedules a place for HR line of business
In a move that underscores how the Human Resources Line of Business is maturing, the General Services Administration will establish a place on its HR schedule for commercial shared-services providers.
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Holmes: In the beginning: FCW 1987
FCW’s first editor looks back at the publication that she helped launch two decades ago.
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Goodbye clerks, hello knowledge workers
FCW reported on workforce initiatives, including the Trail Boss program, that sound quaint today.
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Bush nominates cyber expert to become next intell czar
Former NSA Director J. Michael McConnell would become the second director of national intelligence.
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DHS publishes final rules on smart credentials
The department will begin enrolling some port workers in March, but says more testing is needed on card reader technology.
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E-gov progress report
At a roundtable discussion with GCN editors, OMB’s e-government portfolio managers discuss the program’s successes, shortcomings and plans for 2007.<@SM>
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IRS uses Web to make up for lost time
Last-minute laws passed before Congress adjourned have hindered the agency's ability to get out up-to-date tax information.
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IG concerned about GPO transformation
Technology is a major element in the agency's top management challenges for 2007, according to the inspector general's more recent semiannual report to Congress.
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Government Reform gets a new moniker
The House Committee on Government Reform will now be called the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, according to new rules approved by the new Democrat-controlled Congress.
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SARA panel: Feds, contractors need more ethics guidance
Panel determines that reliance on federal contractors working alongside agency personnel “has blurred the lines” between governmental and commercial functions and ethical requirements.
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IAC honors Hobbs
The outgoing Treasury Department CIO was the guest of honor at a party in downtown Washington, D.C., to celebrate his career.
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SARA panel: Feds need tutorial on performance-based deals
Program managers often fail to define metrics that have a direct link to the desired results, according to the panel's draft report.
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