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Goddard Space Flight Center names new chief information officer
Adrian Gardner has been appointed as the new CIO for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and will officially assume his duties on Feb. 1.
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Griffin moves into deputy director spot at OPM
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that Christine Griffin has been confirmed in her appointment as deputy director of the agency.
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IT at the heart of green efforts
Green doesn't only refer to the environment. In the information technology world, it also refers to saving money and resources by lowering energy costs.
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Unions want say in telework policymaking
A half-dozen unions have offered Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry a hand in developing policies that would ratchet up the numbers of teleworking feds.
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10 ways a Facebook page can help local governments
The Web site InsideFacebook.com details 10 ways a Facebook presence can help local government leaders looking to truly understand the needs of the people they were elected or hired to serve.
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Joint Forces commander blasts tech planning
Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis is critical of what he calls "wrongheaded thinking" of military planners in recent years who placed too much emphasis on the role of technology in winning wars.
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GSA's Johnson to join Deep Water Point
John Johnson, who is retiring from GSA May 2, joins four other partners at consulting firm Deep Water Point, which advises companies seeking business in the federal market.
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In the News: Obama to keep BlackBerry
President Barack Obama will keep his BlackBerry for personal use, making him the first sitting president to use e-mail, the Associated Press reports.
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In the News: McConnell says policy will boost info sharing
Outgoing director of national intelligence says policies must 'marry up to technology,' CQ Politics reports.
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President-elect Barack Obama names a chief performance officer? Yawn.
The move generated a fair amount of buzz last week, but nothing compared with the ongoing speculation and debates about Obama’s eventual appointment of a governmentwide chief technology officer.
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John Gioia: Program management innovator
John Gioia, co-founder of Robbins-Gioia, died of cancer Dec. 26.
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