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GAO finds contract risks

GAO's report on high-risk programs cites contract management programs.

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OMB: Competition cuts costs

Unions say that's just propaganda.

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Bush wants easier firing

OMB unveils troika of management agenda proposals.

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DHS can improve, experts say

The Homeland Security Department should restructure management, experts tell a Senate committee.

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Student aid drops off risk list

But the IRS modernization effort remains a high-risk program, in the eyes of the Government Accountability Office.

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DHS changes personnel rules

Unions say they will sue to stop the implementation of new DHS regulations that make raises contingent on performance and reduce collective bargaining situations.

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Loy replacement picked

President Bush plans to nominate Michael Jackson, former deputy secretary for transportation, as DHS second-in-command.

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GAO highlights Pentagon shortcomings

The Defense Department accounts for eight of 30 programs cited by Congressional auditors as susceptible to waste, fraud and mismanagement.

Cybersecurity

Job goal: Make paper smarter, more secure

GPO's Larry Jellen pushes for e-passports, RFID and digital watermarks.

Cybersecurity

Critics wary about biometric smart cards

Opponents worry about job loss and invasions of privacy

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E-mentoring: A tool for federal workers

A mentor could be your ticket to work success

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DOD plans to link pay and performance

Defense Department officials will change their civilian personnel system during the next few years, affecting how hundreds of thousands of civilian workers are hired and paid.

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Bates' retirement sparks GSA rumors

As Federal Technology Service Commissioner Sandra Bates prepares to retire, talk is growing about the possibility that FTS and the Federal Supply Service (FSS) could be merged to eliminate redundancies.

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IRS requests priority help

Tax agency officials ask auditors to rank the urgency of identified problems.

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Welles: Helping is a way of life

Feds are predisposed to donate their time and money to worthy causes

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Hutchinson to leave DHS

News reports say the undersecretary of DHS' Border and Transportation Security Directorate will apparently resign March 1.

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The Davis Plan

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has become one of the most influential people in the information technology community.

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FTS gets acting commish

Barbara Shelton will take over the Federal Technology Service when Sandra Bates retires.

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The Platts Plan

The returning chairman of the House Government Reform Committee's federal financial oversight subcommittee is planning legislation to cut government waste.

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Score card: Four more greens

But a few agencies did decrease in OMB's quarterly management rankings.