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OPM unveils IT pay-raise details
OPM has released details on the wage increases certain federal IT workers will receive in 2001
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Q & A with a cyberwarrior
The commander of the Pentagon's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense responds to FCW questions about cyberdefense and attack
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USDA boosts modernization
After many failed attempts, the Agriculture Department appears to have gotten a key computer modernization program on track.
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NTIS hiring freeze eases up
A yearlong hiring freeze that threatened to cripple the National Technical Information Service has begun to thaw
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Letter to the editor
I read your article in Federal Computer Week regarding the National Research Council report on relieving information technology worker shortages, and I would like to share my views as a federal employee about how the government recruits personnel for IT positions.
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Rule would reduce feds' aches and pains
Final ergonomics rule from OSHA is designed to reduce workrelated physical disorders that are caused from poorly designed work spaces
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NMCI gains momentum
At least one management headache is out of the way. Despite spending millions of dollars on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet procurement, none of the three losing bidders protested the Navy's Oct. 6 award to Electronic Data Systems Corp.
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NTIS hiring freeze draws ire
The National Technical Information Service workforce is dwindling under a hiring freeze imposed by the Commerce Department, according to an advisory commission.
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Pay raise particulars
Who: Computer specialists (GS334), computer engineers (GS854) and computer scientists (GS1550) in the GS5 through GS12 grades.
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Mental health parity
Federal employees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program will receive the same coverage for mental health and substance abuse as they do for other illnesses, starting with the 2001 plan year.
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Raise gets mixed reviews
The Office of Personnel Management's plan to raise the salaries of about 33,000 information technology workers in government has drawn both praise and disappointment from employees
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HUD IT under house arrest
In a rare public rebuke, Congress recently criticized the Department of Housing and Urban Development for its poor personnel management practices and for siphoning money from its information technology budget to cover unrelated expenses.
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Risky business
As director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Frank Fernandez would rather see someone try and fail than never try at all.
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Roster Change
Retired Brig. Gen. Regner Rider joined Veridian on Nov. 1 as vice president for command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) programs. He will help the company expand its presence in the C3ISR domain.
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NASA rethinks biz plan
NASA is taking small steps, rather than giant leaps, as it changes the way its research centers across the country do business and streamline operations.
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NTIS steamed over hiring freeze
The National Technical Information Service is dwindling under a hiring freeze imposed by the Commerce Department
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