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Point: A chance for collaboration

Janet Hale, undersecretary for management at the Homeland Security Department, says the new human resources system for DHS will have the agency better equipped to protect America.

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Nuke agency shines bright in security

NRC, DOT explain big jumps in security grades

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FTS' culture clash

Tensions between headquarters, regions cited as reason for review

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Counterpoint: A missed opportunity

Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, says the Homeland Security Department's human resources proposals lack fairness, credibility and transparency.

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US-VISIT needs more staff, GAO says

Weak program management could put DHS' massive immigrant-tracking system at risk, congressional auditors say.

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Survey says: Privacy needs outreach

A survey from the Industry Advisory Councils finds that training and communication are cornerstones of successful privacy programs.

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Nothing easy about security

The maze of requirements imposed by the Federal Information Security Management Act has created confusion about interpretation.

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Putnam questions OMB oversight

Questioning how strict OMB has been about dismal security grades, Rep. Adam Putnam wants to know how much has been withheld from agencies' budgets for new systems.

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Whatever happened to CIM?

It never really died.

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Feds learn value of continuing ed

15 years of lessons learned about managing technology and employees

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ITARB set the stage

Even before Clinger-Cohen, ITARB members made innovative suggestions about IT management.

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Reforms are just a start

Procurement reform over the past 15 years have had an impact on government IT, but more needs to be done

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Emory Miller: Blazing a trail

The foundation for many of today?s training programs was Trail Boss.

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Reinvention as a way of life

How feds learned new ways to think about the work they do and the services they deliver

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Four lessons learned

During the development of their data-sharing system, Commerce Department officials discovered the value of a few things.

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Saving time by sharing data

Commerce builds a repeatable approach for linking systems

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A break from bad news

The Federal 100 is our way of saying thanks for what can be a thankless task.

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GAO: Homeland Security reviews IT slowly

The Homeland Security Department has problems reviewing major IT projects in a timely manner, according to a General Accounting Office report.

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Military deploys IT task force

The Standing Joint Task Force Headquarters consists of 58 people specializing in operations, planning and information management.

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GAO sees room for GPRA improvement

The Bush administration should do a better job of showing agencies how to meet standards of the Government Performance and Results Act, GAO officials say.