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Overworked and untrained
Agency officials recognized that the federal acquisition work force is woefully undertrained for the current procurement environment.
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Privacy, security on the Web require business know-how
The idea that privacy and security might be symptoms and not the problem emerged from a recent Webmaster focus group discussion with the Office of Personnel Management on defining Webmaster classifications
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EPA's CIO heading to the private sector
Al Pesachowitz will be replaced by an official from Florida's Office of Policy and Budget
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Agriculture CIO gets keys to IT
In a move designed to improve management of the Agriculture Department's modernization program, the department's chief information officer has been given direct responsibility for the success of key IT modernization programs.
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Military tech workers fall out
Civilian agencies aren't alone in their trouble trying to retain technical workers in today's hot job market: The Defense Department is experiencing some of the same challenges.
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What evidence counts?
A recent Merit Systems Protection Board ruling provides valuable guidance to supervisors who are considering disciplinary action against an employee.
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Long road ahead
Congress handed agencies the daunting technical challenge of making their electronic equipment usable by the disabled. But inaction by the Clinton administration is making the challenge harder.
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Lessons in contracting
The Defense Department is enhancing the resources available to its acquisition work force, including new policies and training that will help the department focus on performance-based contracting.
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A work force at risk
Trouble attracting information technology workers while a large part of the federal work force nears retirement has raised concerns about the government's future work force.
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What to consider when considering a Roth IRA
To truly realize its benefits you must know what you can do with a Roth IRA ? and when you can do it.
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House bill aims to provide IT worker shortage relief
A bill introduced Wednesday would temporarily increase to 200,000 the number of H1B visas that employers could use to hire highly trained foreign workers in areas such as information technology
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Faster, better, cheaper OK
But two NASA reports recommend strengthening people, processes and technology used to carry out the philosophy
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The key to ERP success
Federal Prison Industries Inc. will lock up its aging distributed financial management system May 30 and fire up a new enterprise resource planning system. No matter what. No contingency plan.
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Minding her business
Six months of experience as a chief knowledge officer makes Shereen Remez the federal government's most senior official in that position. And she seems to relish her role as knowledge management's elder spokeswoman.
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Tech tools help fight work force shortage
Faced with an aging work force, a tight labor market and a rising demand for workers with hightech skills, the Office of Personnel Management is acutely aware that federal agencies need help working through the federal hightech work force crisis.
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Fischer leaving FTS
Dennis Fischer, who headed up the government's latest telecommunications pact, last week said he would leave April 2 to take a position in the private sector.
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John Paul Jones
Quality-of-life issues played a central role in John Paul Jones' decision to move his family from the San Francisco Bay area to Pocatello, Idaho.
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