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Welles: Want to be the biggest fed loser?

Try the 119 small steps that one federal agency recommends for shedding unhealthy weight.

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Debra Stouffer joins McDonald Bradley

The 30-year IT veteran is the new senior vice president of the company's Civilian Business Unit.

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DataPath buys network management software firm

The satellite and wireless communications provider paid $25.7 million for ILC.

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Boeing, Lockheed unite launch vehicle businesses

The joint venture will be called United Launch Alliance and combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations of the two companies.

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Doan proposes shuffling GSA's central office, policy shop

Moving OGP under the congressional affairs office will “weave the important role OGP plays in helping to shape government policies that work,” Doan wrote in an e-mail message to FCW.

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Private-sector shared-services providers must be FISMA-compliant

Karen Evans, Office of Management and Budget’s administrator for e-government and IT, says shared-services providers to the government for human resources or financial management services must comply with FISMA.

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Students to shadow federal IT employees

The CIO Council is planning its first Job Shadow Day since 2003.

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Line of business will outlast administrations

Experts agree that the push to move toward the Financial Management Line of Business will be too difficult to reverse whether the next president is a Democrat or a Republican.

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FEMA gets CIO; DHS loses chief of staff

Tony Cira, a former AT&T official, will take the IT reins for emergency management.

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Survey: Agencies lack well-trained IT project leaders, managers

More than three-quarters of respondents said they had no adequate training or were unsure of their training regarding many critical elements to successfully handling an IT project.

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University: Invest in feds

George Washington University teamed with BearingPoint to produce recommendations for recruiting more talented job candidates.

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Navy names Robert Carey as new CIO

The former deputy CIO will take over in early 2007 after he returns from active duty in Iraq.

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IAC to inaugurate small-business conference

The Growing Business Conference is expected to bring together government and industry executives to promote small-businesses participation in the government IT marketplace.

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Army issues draft RFP for $925M program management contract

The Program Management Support Services-2 contract vehicle will be used to assist PEO-EIS with various tasks in its 42 program offices.

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Acquisition Solutions hires 3 execs

The trio will work to expand the company's ability to advise federal agencies on strategy formulation and organizational transformation.

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Va. governor reaffirms telework support

Thirty-two Virginia companies pledge to promote employees' ability to work from remote sites.

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Sindelar looks to future retirement

The GSA official sees an end to his government service on the horizon, but he has not set a date.

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SRA hires HR specialist

Dan Ward, a 28-year professional, has joined SRA International as vice president and human capital officer.

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Panel praises management turn-around at DHS agency

NAPA's report on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is more optimistic than one released a year ago.

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GSA appoints acting associate head of policy office

Kevin Messner replaces John Sindelar, who held the post since December 2005.