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CACI to buy AlphaInsight

Smaller IT firm has 360 employees and specializes in various engineering disciplines.

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Bush nominates O'Neill as EPA CIO

The White House has put forward Molly A. O'Neill to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Environmental Information.

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Lohfeld Consulting gets former NASA exec

Frederick Gregory has joined as managing director of aerospace and defense strategies.

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GAO will tally costs of NSPS

Comptroller General David Walker will conduct a comprehensive review of the cost of the Defense Department’s new civilian personnel system.

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Auditors say help desks lack metrics

Customer service centers, most of which are contractor-operated, do not specify accuracy as a contract performance metric or as a major focus of oversight.

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Auditors warn FBI not to repeat mistakes

CIO says funding for all IT modernization needs is lacking

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GSA defines its challenges

Embattled agency officials maintain that changes will strengthen GSA

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USGS lifts suspension on A-76 jobs competition

The controversy will not impede the agency’s plans to consolidate electronic-mapping functions.

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U.S. Access Board names Bibb chairman

The board is an independent federal agency that coordinates governmentwide efforts to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities.

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GAO assesses Katrina oversight

Confusion, poor communication and a shortage of oversight officials led to wasted spending

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Welles: Decompress your stress

IT problem-solving creates on-the-job stress that a few mind exercises can help relieve.

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Hale resigns from DHS

Departure could lead to yet another reorganization at the Homeland Security Department

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Grants LOB managers out to prove consortia model works

While there are no stated goals for agencies to migrate to the three consortia under the Grants Management Line of Business, the agency lead managers for the initiative are strongly optimistic that at least one agency will prove this year that the shared-services provider concept works.<@SM>

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Bibb: GSA: Evolving with the times

The agency is moving boldly into the future.

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Business transformation is turning heads

A Pentagon team is getting rave reviews for making progress with a program long known for inertia

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DISA says ‘yes, sir’ to telework

Workplace options could forestall employee losses

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NASA’s new mission: Manage institutional knowledge

Space agency will use collaborative technologies to capture and share lessons learned

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FBI CIO: You get what you pay for

The bureau's CIO says there is not enough money to pay for essential IT services such as e-mail.

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UPDATED: DHS' Janet Hale resigns

Janet Hale, head of the Homeland Security Department’s management directorate, is resigning effective the end of April.

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GSA to release RFIs for new Lines of Business

The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business—IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation—in mid-April.<@SM>