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Wanted: Systems to track disaster victims
Comcare Emergency Response Alliance is developing requirements for systems that would track people's locations and medical needs following catastrophes.
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OMB to guide agencies on financial management LOB
The Office of Management and Budget will furnish guidance by the end of this month or in early January 2006 to help agencies determine how they should select a federal provider of financial-management services.
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Davis: Is Project BioShield meeting goals?
The congressman wants to know where HHS' program to further measures against bioterrorism stands.
Modernization
Vendors bank on HSPD-12 mandate
Secure federal identity credentials bring new opportunities and risks
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Welles: Diversity rules
A diverse workforce helps an organization ensure that it develops fresh ideas
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Scant data on overseas outsourcing
A congressional watchdog agency says more research is needed to understand the economic and national security risks.
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Uncertainty clouds DOD pay plan
Pentagon's new salary rules could create sharper pay differences
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Lisagor: Breaking up is hard to do
Good managers find ways to let go of poor employees and bad habits
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OPM creates IT exchange Web site
The exchange is for federal IT leaders who want to learn industry best practices and further develop their skills.
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GSA picks new capital region head
Annie Everett will become acting regional administrator for the region Dec. 12.
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Comings and goings
Kim Nelson, chief information officer at the Environmental Protection Agency, will head to the private sector in January; Marty Wagner, associate administrator at the General Services Administration's Office of Governmentwide Policy, will become acting commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.
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GAO criticizes IT spending at HHS, CMS
Auditors find agencies lack sound processes for high-level management of IT.
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Air Force CIO office undergoes more changes
Rob Thomas is leaving to direct the Air Force Personnel Center.
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Oberman to leave TSA
The top official for passenger screening and credentialing programs will return to work in the private sector.
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Integrators form Army training alliance
Four companies join to create Warfighter Focus Alliance as Army seeks to consolidate simulation and training support contracts.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Little federal data on "offshoring" of services
Watchdog agency says more information needed to assess impact of "offshoring" services on the U.S. economy.
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Arthur K. Cebrowski, 1942-2005
Navy vice admiral was known as father of network-centric warfare
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Comings and goings
Rose Parkes retired as chief information officer at the Energy Department; Greg Rothwell, the Homeland Security Department's chief procurement officer, will retire in December.
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OMB looks at shared-service plan for IT security functions
The Office of Management and Budget has lifted the veil on the next set of standardized functions that shared-service providers will supply across government.
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