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IRS seeks top talent
The tax agency hired an executive search firm to find experienced managers for those troubled modernization programs.
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Book excerpt: Does IT matter?
Nicholas Carr says that IT?s strategic importance is diminishing.
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James: No place for bogus degrees
Agencies must ensure that employees and applicants are fully qualified, OPM's director says.
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McConnell: IT as more than an end
Columnist Bruce McConnell says Nicholas Carr's book overshoots the mark in several ways.
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NAPA: Pay for performance
A think tank says white-collar federal workers should be rewarded for good work instead of years of punching clocks.
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E-gov fellowship open for applications
The Council for Excellence in Government is taking applications for its fellowships.
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OPM pushes swift hiring
The Office of Personnel Management says it can show federal agencies how to hire qualified candidates within 45 days.
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CIOs to detail project management requirements
The federal Chief Information Officers Council plans to eliminate some of the guesswork from project management certification.
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Back to central patching?
OMB agrees with auditors' suggestion to reconsider a central patch-management service.
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IRS cuts tech jobs
The tax agency's CIO expects to "free up" roughly 150 jobs at computing centers, and cut positions in other areas as well.
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Architecture helps ATF reorg
ATF's deputy CIO says her bureau finishes most of its IT projects on time and within budget.
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E-voting requires risk management
But risk can never be completely neutralized, officials said.
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FDIC info security lacking, GAO finds
FDIC must establish controls and ensure information security receives enough attention, auditors said.
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Survey finds older IT employees
Federal IT employees are an aging group that may need a boost in certain skills, a new report says.
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