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Choosing wisely
A recent experience at the doctors office makes me wonder whats become of my health plan.
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Streamlining DOD travel regs
The Defense Integrated Travel and Relocation Solutions Office, an office of the secretary of Defense, is trying to re-engineer the fragmented and time-consuming way permanent-duty travel is coordinated.
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Feds faulted for tough IT hiring requirements
Anyone filling a junior technical position on the Army's Software Support Services Umbrella 3 contract must have at least three years of experience. No recent college graduates will be considered.
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Expert advice on Net stocks, estate planning
Agency is searching for software that will scan all complaints and enable authorized users to access them
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Litton/PRC's Pomata retires
Leonard Pomata, president of Litton/PRC Inc., announced yesterday that he will retire after about 21 years in the commercial sector.
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Retirement recordkeeping system postponed
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board announced yesterday that software problems have forced it to delay rollout of a new federal retirement recordkeeping system, slated for Oct. 1.
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Delivering the goods
The Navy is teaming with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a graduate program to help Navy personnel better manage how the military develops and deploys its defense weapons systems.
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FAA gives exec planning a lift
For the Federal Aviation Administration, succession planning makes practical business sense: It is important to the agency's future success.
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Putting the success in succession
If your senior information technology executives leave for another job or retirement, do you know who will take their place?
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Training new cybersleuths
President Clinton's initiative to attract students to work as federal information security experts in exchange for tuition reimbursement is moving one step closer to reality.
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Web workshops produce IT work force research
Using the results of two workshops conducted entirely on the Internet, the National Science Foundation has released two reports on the information technology work force
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Clinton: Keep work force study going
The Clinton administration has asked Congress to permanently fund a governmentwide study of federal information technology workers' pay and positions to serve as a reference for future initiatives.
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Gathering IT intelligence
It's no secret: The CIA hopes its independent corporation, InQTel, will serve as a model for other agencies trying to keep up in Internet time.
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