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DHS procurement chief retires
Elaine Duke, DHS’ deputy chief procurement officer, is expected to serve as acting chief procurement officer until a permanent replacement is hired.
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Treasury thinks green for 2006
The department's top IT priority is getting a green score on the e-government portion of the President's Management Agenda.
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McCoy: DISA uses 'insight metrics'
Diann McCoy says the capabilities that DISA offers as an agency are ones that agencies look for in project managers.
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ICE and CBP merger talk gets contentious
Homeland Security Department policy official says a merger of the two bureaus would come at a staggering cost.
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Panelists discuss path to top IT security job
“Think crisply, and write well,” said Jane Scott Norris, the State Department’s chief security official at the Computer Security Institute conference.
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OMB focuses on project execution
A new survey shows that federal agencies and their contractors are not hurrying to comply with directives to use the earned value management methodology.
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Rescue hero: Harold Bell
When Bell came to the FAA's Satellite Navigation Program five years ago, Capitol Hill leaders were about to cancel the project that had lured him to the agency.
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Rescue hero: James Shugars
Shugars turned around the Automated Drug Information Management System, the centerpiece of a program that provides information on the safety and effectiveness of drugs.
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Rescue hero: Larry Bell
When Bell arrived at the Information Services Division of ATF, he quickly realized something important was amiss.
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Rescue hero: Michael Snyder
Snyder set up standard processes for DOD's Manage the Business program, empowered managers and improved communications among them.
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Rescue hero: Eric Brusoe
In less than a year, Brusoe turned around a governmentwide Defense Department program that was stalled and in danger of being canceled.</
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Inspectors' gadgets save time
Instead of driving to their downtown office, building inspectors in Jacksonville, Fla., use cell phones to check in and out of work.
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Welles: Trust in managers
Leaders must communicate with employees to make pay for performance work
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OMB leads effort to speed security clearances
Lawmakers and Bush administration officials declare the backlog of DOD security clearance applications a national security problem.
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Pyke to take over as Energy CIO
Commerce Department CIO Tom Pyke replaces Rose Parkes, who announced her retirement.
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GAO lauds DOD biz progress
But the agency said the department should focus more on processes than on systems.
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