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CSC beats NASA workers for shared services

The A-76 award for the NASA Shared Services Center went to CSC for $230 million.

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TSA screeners need faster Internet access

GAO says the Transportation Security Administration must improve online training for airport screeners.

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Andrues: Grading the teachers

The things they teach these days: A report from the trenches.

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Hill renews calls for emergency preparedness

Rep. Tom Davis requested a third report on continuity of operations plans after GAO officials delivered worrisome findings.

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Policy office keeps shedding workers

Twenty-two workers at the Office of Governmentwide Policy have accepted buyouts. Forty-five have transferred to other GSA units. Twenty-five remain up in the air.

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IRS sticks with Lambert for CFO

The acting Internal Revenue Service chief financial officer is staying on as the tax agency’s permanent CFO.

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OPM offers incentives

New rules allow for paying extra money to recruit, keep or move workers.

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EVM to go farther

OMB is becoming more persistent in urging agencies to adopt earned value management oversight of major capital projects.

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GAO: Cut Postal excess

The U.S. Postal Service has no clear strategy for closing facilities or cutting jobs no longer needed, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Pace of workforce change picks up

Modernization plans include trying to fix the hiring system, making it faster and creating rewards for performance rather than seniority.

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Clift focuses on the 'e' in democracy

Democracy advocate promotes e-citizenship skills.

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Welles: Davis beats telework drum

GAO finds that progress has been made, but not enough to satisfy lawmakers.

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Getting back on track

DOD business modernization plan switches priorities in response to stinging criticism.

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Davis pokes into preparedness

The leader of the House Government Reform Committee wants to know if agencies are ready for employees to work remotely during terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

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Air Force picks Hobbins for CIO

Lt. Gen. William 'Tom' Hobbins will lead the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer.

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Niku automates business case docs

The Clarity CPIC Accelerator was designed to help agencies speed up business case submissions.

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Davis unveils GSA reform bill

His long-awaited proposal would merge FTS and FSS, create regional executives and provide incentives to attract experienced feds to acquisition work.

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OMB: Quality will pay

But longevity by itself won't, says the Office of Management and Budget's deputy director for management.

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OMB looking to shut down systems that duplicate e-gov projects

The Office of Management and Budget has analyzed agency IT investments—Exhibit 53s—to determine if they use systems that duplicate any of the 25 e-government projects, the Lines of Business Consolidation or the enterprisewide software buying effort known as SmartBuy.

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Management scores rise

Or at least more than they fell in the latest President's Management Agenda score card.