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Interior threatens whistle-blower
Fight continues over Interior's oversight of Indian trust funds in lawsuit accusing department of doing a poor job of protecting data from hackers.
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Veterans Health Administration reorganizes
New VHA undersecretary puts his stamp on agency's organization chart to streamline the program that delivers health care to vets.
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DOD asked to look at centralizing IT
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know if centralized DOD IT spending would solve its data sharing and interoperability problems.
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DHS says CFO reports to Chertoff
DHS fixes its organizational chart so the CFO reports directly to the secretary.
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Senate to consider DOD CIO nomination
Raytheon exec John Grimes tapped to succeed Linton Wells, John Stenbit
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Share-in-savings not catching on at agencies
Several factors have contributed to the dearth of IT contracts using the share-in-savings procurement method, including that the Office of Management and Budget has not issued a final rule and guidance on how to use the method, according to GAO.
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Young Government Leaders now at 300 members
Megan Quinn started the group in 2003 with eight other federal employees who were recent college graduates.
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Feds more prepared for emergencies
The Office of Personnel Management reports significant improvements in business continuity planning.
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DHS is hit where it hires
A contract dispute between the Homeland Security Department and Monster, a company that provides Web-based job search capabilities, isn't over yet.
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Bureaucratus: A tribute
Last spring, the federal information technology community lost an important person, Federal Computer Week's Milton "Bureaucratus" Zall
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Administration unveils civil service plan
Draft legislation would do away with General Schedule pay system
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Chertoff: CIO, CFO did not get more power
A reorganization of the Homeland Security Department did not recommend more authority for the CIO and CFO.
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The best & worst places to work in federal IT
An FCW survey of IT wokers offers insights into what workers like ... and what they don't
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Senate skeptical of GSA's reorg plan
The effort to reorganize the General Services Administration's acquisition services, pushed by House lawmakers and the Bush administration, is coming under fire from Senate appropriators.
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Rothwell: DHS needs more acquisition staff
The biggest challenge for chief acquisition officers governmentwide is either rebuilding or growing their workforce, DHS's chief acquisition officer said.
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Patent examiners battle stress
USPTO struggles with hiring, retention issues amid morale problems
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Senate confirms new director at NIST
Senate lawmakers Friday confirmed William Jeffrey as the 13th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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GoLearn.gov changes its name
OPM wanted to end the confusion over the government's e-learning Web site and a vendor with s similar name.
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