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Savings plan needs options
Congress is contemplating muchneeded changes to the government's voluntary 401(k)type program, the Thrift Savings Plan, which places too many restrictions on its clients.
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Being a performance manager
Recently I taught in an executive education program that the Kennedy School conducted for senior General Accounting Office managers. My topic was performance measurement, especially the kind envisioned by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the 1993 legislation designed to move agencies to use performance measurement to improve overall government performance.
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Exec exodus
Less than two weeks into the new year, more senior government technology chiefs joined the ranks of those quitting government for work in the private sector. And circumstances virtually assure that this trickle of departures will swell into a steady stream.
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Fair or foul?
Federal employees declared victory in 1997 after skillful lobbying defeated the Freedom from Government Competition Act, which many of the government's 1.8 million civilian employees feared would send the bulk of federal jobs to the private sector.
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Reed taking up residence at EDS
Anne Reed, the first CIO at the Agriculture Department, will be joining Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Global Government Industry Group on Feb. 1 as vice president for industry relations.
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Telecommuters beware: Kitchen accidents not covered by workers comp
Government employees who telecommute may not receive workers-compensation benefits for injuries they acquire while in their homes.
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McConnell joins growing list of feds fleeing government
One of the government's top Year 2000 troubleshooters and an information policy expert for three presidents has decided to look for work in the private sector.
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Astute investors needed for this insurance policy
An interesting form of life insurance that's grown in popularity is variable universal life insurance, a form of life insurance that adds additional investment features and control to the basic characteristics of universal life insurance.
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Postal Service names new technology chief
Postmaster General William Henderson on Tuesday appointed Peter Jacobson as the agency's new chief technology officer.
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Government wooing best and brightest for cyberdefense mission
Don't want to join the Navy and see the world? Then how about hitching up with the Federal Cyber Services (FCS) and defending the nation's information systems?
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Virginia Holds Second Technology Symposium
Virginia technology secretary Donald Upson and health and human services secretary Claude Allen on Tuesday hosted "Technology as a Tool to Empower Individuals and Communities," the second of four citizen advisory symposiums designed to help bridge the "digital divide" between those with and without access to technology.
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DOD's deputy CIO leaving government for Internet start-up
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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Pataki Plan Targets High-Tech Jobs
New York Gov. George Pataki's freshly released budget plan includes a host of tax cuts and initiatives to bring more high-tech jobs to his state.
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Massachusetts to Monitor Employees' Net Use
Massachusetts recently contracted with a company to provide agencies with the technology to monitor the Internet use of its employees.
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California Motorists to Register Vehicles Online
California residents soon will be able to register their vehicles online with the Department of Motor Vehicles, said Gov. Gray Davis last week in his State of the State address.
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Agencies Struggle to Evaluate Technology Expenses
With new performance measuring software, the Coast Guard now can quickly compare the hours its planes fly and its cutters steam with the times and locations of distress calls and the number of people it rescues or with the amount of cocaine it seizes.
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