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Lisagor: Old dogs, new tricks
As effective managers, we need to listen at least as often and as well as we speak.
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Kelman: The blame game
The president's sudden warning about the dangers of the blame game thus gives one the feeling that he can dish it out but he can't take it.
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298 pages of problems at USPTO
A panel of experts has made dozens of recommendations for fixing management and workforce problems at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, an agency increasingly criticized for the quality of its work and a mounting backlog of patent applications.
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GSA wants more standardization for procurement
The General Services Administration is the standard bearer for much of the $140 billion civilian agencies spend on products and services each year.
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Federal employees will have their say
Federal agencies that aren’t conducting employee surveys every year will soon be required to do so.
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GSA issues final reorg order
GSA has formally signed the order to create the Federal Acquisition Service, which will replace the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service.
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E-gov foundation gives agencies opportunity to do more, Evans says
The way Office of Management and Budget administrator for E-government and IT Karen Evans sees it, agencies now have the foundation to make technology work for them in ways that couldn’t have been imagined four years ago.
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Evans: Service centers may bear transition costs
OMB wants three major departments to migrate to a shared service provider for financial management during the next fiscal year.
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OMB tops list of best federal workplaces
A new ranking of the best places to work in the federal government shows that employees are happier in their jobs than they were two years ago.
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NOAA revisits tsunami preparedness
In Katrina's aftermath, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is wrestling with thin preparedness for a potentially deadlier disaster -- a tsunami.
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Watchdogs outline secrets of Sentinel success
FBI has improved management of IT, but data management system remains at risk, critics tell House panel.
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VA IT shop under scrutiny
The chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee plans to introduce legislation to tighten controls over VA's IT spending.
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Industrial control systems security needs more work
Expert says standard antivirus protection and encryption technologies applied to industrial control systems could shut them down.
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Oracle gets CRM capabilities with Siebel purchase
Analysts are predicting Oracle Corp. will increase its footprint in the federal IT market through an agreement to buy customer relationship management provider Siebel Systems Inc. for $5.85 billion.
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U.K. experiments with luggable e-learning containers
Ministry of Defence ships portable e-learning centers wherever training is needed
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Navy petty officers learn 'soft skills' online
Center for Naval Analyses studies the e-learning results
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GAO: Performance data is underused
Twelve years after it became law, the benefits of the Government Performance and Results Act on federal decision-making are still not widespread.
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Kelman: The ‘blame game’ and learning moments
Organizations need to learn from their mistakes and compare examples of successful performance with poorer performance.
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