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CXOs focus on collaboration as key to better management
GAO has proposed that some Cabinet-level agencies create a new position of chief managing officer.
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Rand identifies workforce-planning risks
Limited data could slow management efforts to match DOD workforce to supply and demand.
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Ragan joins GTSI as VP of finance, corporate controller
He will be responsible for all accounting functions, credit and collections, payroll and other activities in the finance organization.
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Making EVM matter: The complete transcript
Federal Computer Week and AFFIRM recently convened a roundtable of government and industry officials to discuss earned value management and its potential in government. Here is the full transcript of that discussion.
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Fed contractors want thorough overhaul of clearance processing
Poll details many faults in ‘wholesale systemic failure’
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Steven Law | E-gov's Ardent Activist
Steven Law is the second deputy secretary of the Labor Department to head the President’s Management Council’s E-government Committee. It’s no surprise that the Office of Management and Budget continues to tap Labor Department leaders.
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SBA seeks to help women earn contracts
The agency proposes a program to assist women-owned businesses.
Cybersecurity
EDS delivers 10 millionth smart card to DOD
Additionally, GSA awarded the company a contract to provide more smart cards to the Defense Department.
Modernization
GSA report finds more benefits than costs for telework
Agencies save much more than they spend in equipping employees to work from home, but management support is still often lacking.
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Doan’s staff selections align with objectives
Arizona Red Cross exec picked to be GSA chief of staff.
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Denett confirmation hearing slated for next week
President Bush nominated him in April to be administrator of OFPP.
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USAJobs launches satisfaction survey
OPM will survey federal job applicants’ satisfaction with USAJobs, the federal government’s official job Web site.
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Association recognizes gov IT leaders
Michelle Mrdeza, clerk of the House Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security Subcommittee, received the Legislative Leadership Award for improving the management of government IT.
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OMB official receives federal IT award
Robert Shea won for his role in evaluating federal programs and giving the public online access to the ratings.
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FEMA's goal is to fill most vacancies
Veteran FEMA watchers are focused on tasks the agency must accomplish to ensure a flexible and trained cadre of employees.
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UPDATED: Grams to leave IRS CIO post for NIST
W. Todd Grams is leaving his chief information officer post at the Internal Revenue Service to be chief financial officer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Cybersecurity
Preventive measures
Making software programmers more security-minded from the start can reduce costs and headaches later on.
Modernization