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Goal: See the forest and the trees
Automated system will link Forest Service spending with strategic goals
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Counting your work day
Every federal agency can offer its employees an alternative work schedule instead of a traditional fixed one (eight hours per day, 40 hours per week) as long as managers approve it.
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Carrot or stick?
Performance-based contracts offer an alternative way to ensure small business objectives are met.
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Callahan quits DHS
The Homeland Security Department's deputy CIO, whose academic credentials were questioned, has formally resigned today.
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E-gov objectives largely unfulfilled
A GAO report finds that less than half of the goals for e-government programs have been, but e-gov officials say they're pleased.
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Inspector general finds more problems with BearingPoint pilot
The VA inspector general says problems with the Core Financial and Logistics System being developed by BearingPoint stem from "the manner in which the project is managed."
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E-gov execs call for new benchmarks
As initiatives such as e-Rulemaking and USA Jobs move ahead, they need different measurements to tell whether they are effective, officials said.
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Security needs better education for programmers
So says an official from the Homeland Security Department.
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Cooper aims for better info sharing
Improving information sharing will be a top priority for the Homeland Security Department in the coming year, agency CIO Steve Cooper said.
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Inspector: DHS lacks info sharing standard
Homeland Security's inspector general says it could take seven years to meld 22 independent agencies into one seamless organization.
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Old thoughts hinder agencies, Accenture CEO says
Old ways of thinking keep agencies from becoming more efficient, says Accenture's CEO.
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Does Defense need a high-level financial manager?
DOD may need an assistant secretary dedicated to day-to-day financial management, the U.S. comptroller general says.
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Post office backs off e-commerce
But the organization needs to be able to expand beyond its traditional business, the postmaster general says.
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USAJobs.com: 45 million served
The federal jobs site launched last August has welcomed 45 million visitors, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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NIST honored for library tech
A Library of Congress committee will give awards to federal libraries and librarians for outstanding work and technological innovations in 2003.
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Under the IG microscope
The General Services Administration's inspector general has found violations of contracting rules in some Federal Technology Service regional offices.
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Knowledge readiness
In an ever-changing environment that demands constant training upgrades and personnel shifts, agencies are beginning to look for ways to measure how much their workers already know and what they need to work more effectively.
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