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Editorial: 7 post-election to-do's

For the winner of the presidential election in November, here is Federal Computer Week's to-do list for the next four years, in no particular order.

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Drabkin to stay at GSA

GSA's deputy chief acquisition officer has turned down an offer from the State Department.

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USPS counts on tech to cut costs

Postmaster General John Potter says the U.S. Postal Service will continue to press for productivity gains.

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5 tips for quicker hires

How to get the people you need when you need them

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Working on the Web

Tips for making the most of online collaboration systems

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5 tips for better business cases

Business cases for IT projects require a focus on technologies and processes that can be copied or reused and on qualified people who can manage a project.

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6 outlooks for competitive sourcing

Some love it, some hate it; all agree it's controversial

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5 ways to keep employees on board with EA

Talk alone won't convert the skeptics of what some experts say is the best approach to effectively using IT.

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13 books recommended by the Navy Department:

David Wennergren, the Navy's CIO, has put together a list of recommended books for the Navy's IT workforce.

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10 must-reads for IT managers

A reading list culled from the bookshelves of government CIOs

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8 popular dining spots

Places to eat, greet, meet, network and close a business deal, too

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England: NMCI on satisfying track

The Secretary of the Navy sat down with FCW.

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Congress faces sourcing rules

Challenges to the rules controlling the competitive sourcing of federal jobs are mounting in the House and Senate.

Cybersecurity

Los Alamos axes four

Los Alamos National Laboratory fired four workers because of safety and security incidents. Seven others will be disciplined.

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Public storms NOAA site

Eight days in September generated 200 million hits ? equal to one-third of NOAA's online traffic for all of 2003.

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Harvey: CIO to Army Secretary

Francis Harvey was formally nominated as secretary of the Army and withdrawn as nominee for DOD chief information officer.

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Labor uses Web for project reports

Project managers and others there have been using xpdoffice to record daily activities and tasks.

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OPM workers win sourced work

The five-year contract relates to technical advice and support in an IT environment at a Macon, Ga., center.

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Conn. puts off IT merger

The governor says she wants to appoint a new commissioner for IT before moving forward with the plan.

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Keeping the floodgates closed

NTEU's Colleen Kelley works to save fed jobs in face of tech tidal wave