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Derrick Rogers
Derrick Rogers, Internet and intranet team leader at the General Services Administration, dispels the myth that telecommuters work less than workers in the office. He finds himself working an extra half hour on a project when he works from home ? something he does three times a pay period.
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IT worker relief in sight
Congress is debating whether to raise the number of H-1B visas awarded to highly skilled foreign workers each year, a move that supporters say will help fill essential information technology positions.
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Agency managers, employees find work/life balance
Agencies have different reasons for allowing employees to telework. Sometimes it's a benefit, other times it's a condition of work. For one Energy Department lab, it meant holding on to its workers when it relocated to another city.
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Task force pushes tech, training
An interagency task force is preparing to submit recommendations to the White House on how the government can use technology to improve training opportunities for federal employees.
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Give part-timers their due
Some parttime federal employees most of whom are women are getting cheated out of retirement benefits they rightly deserve.
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Remote services
Sally Perry, center director for localarea networking at the General Services Administration's Office of the Chief Information Officer, finds that the employees who telecommute are happier and more motivated. It's a benefit we can give them at no cost, she said.
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Telecommuting hits a road block
Federal telecommuting struggles for acceptance despite efforts to kick-start the program
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Grants to boost technology training
Pennsylvania announces 26 colleges will share $5.2 million in grant money to use to groom future technology workers
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Keep track of financial records: You may need them
Although a recent law may lead you to believe it's safe to throw away some financial records gathering dust in your file cabinet, think again.
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GAO stresses human factor
Without the proper tools to assess, attract, train and manage the federal work force, 'human capital systems' likely will earn GAO's highrisk designation
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Tennessee's CIO a dragon-slayer
Killing dragons, says Bradley Dugger, is one of the most valuable lessons he learned from dealing with the Year 2000 crisis
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The Web is no place for geek speak
If you are in charge of, or are working on a Web site, you very likely have waded through your share of the complex, nearly indecipherable language that comes with any venture into the computer technology world. Most of the time it isn't a problem. Usually you can turn to someone who can translate things into English.
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Intel to give employees PCs
Intel Corp. announces a plan to give its 70,000 employees PCs, Internet access and computer services at no charge.
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Leaders must embrace Information Age
A new report says there are eight things government leaders must do to keep up with information technology
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Roster Change
Peter Weiss, the chief author of Circular A-130, is leaving the Office of Management and Budget for a job in strategic planning and policy at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service
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Tax-free Internet means fewer IT workers
If anything demonstrates how profoundly the Internet is revolutionizing American political and economic life, it's the issue of whether the Internet should be a taxfree zone.
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Trillions and trillions of computations
The first components of one of the world's fastest computers, the terascale supercomputer funded by the National Science Foundation, should be operational by February 2001
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Sign 'em up
In a time when information technology employees are in high demand, Qwest Government Systems' recruitment program would leave many IT institutions envious. Enticing employees away from competitors has enabled Qwest to assemble a leadership team made up of people with at least 10 years of experience in the federal market.
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Montana shines light on shady dealings
Employers can check the rap sheets on prospective employees
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