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OMB puts on e-gov marketing hat

Agencies built the applications, but are people coming?

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Security clearances: The hottest ticket in town

A mini-industry is springing up for temp IT workers already cleared for sensitive work

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Wu nominated for Commerce tech job

President Bush plans to nominate Benjamin Wu to be the assistant secretary for technology policy in the Commerce Department's Technology Administration.

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Special master quits Interior case

Alan Balaran has resigned from the Cobell v. Norton case and accused officials of pushing for his removal simply because they didn't like his findings.

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Chief architects gather

For the first time ever, most of the federal chief architects were in the same room at the same time this week.

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College campus is IT hot spot

Agencies expect to reap benefits of booming interest in tech degrees

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USPTO lawyers: Don't penalize us for system problems

Federal trademark attorneys say proposed performance appraisals don't account for computer downtime.

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In your own backyard

GSA and the CIO Council launched CIO University four years ago to train federal IT managers.

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Privatizing patent searches

Shrinking the backlog with outside help

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Editorial: Lessons learned

Fake degrees raise larger fundamental questions about fairness.

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GAO pushes for better flood data

FEMA's flood mapping project needs consistent data collection for communities with similar risk, auditors say.

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AgLearn includes Web training

Officials expect employees to take courses via the Internet to receive additional training and education.

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Haycock to leave OMB

Bob Haycock has been in charge of the federal enterprise architecture.

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Congress' input wanted on ratings

Lawmakers should be more involved in rating programs and linking performance to budgets, OMB officials say.

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Performance is king

Government IT vendors need to deliver cheaper and faster, say speakers at a Federal Sources conference.

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Border agency leads DHS server merger

The Homeland Security Department's server consolidation starts with Border and Transportation Security Directorate.

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Agencies to organize digital records

By 2007, the National Archives and Records Administration anticipates having an operational archive for digital materials.

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Lisagor: Innovation by listening

Managers need to engage in constructive conversations with employees.

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Flextime: Not a bad stretch

Managers see 9-to-5 alternative as a necessary perk

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Tiemann: Maturity or bust

Enterprise architecture is the right way to plan to effectively and efficiently use IT.