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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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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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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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