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November 2007
November 29, 2007
Letter: Online taxpayer accounts a good first step
With properly enacted bills, IRS can get almost all data -- deductions and credits -- that go into a taxpayer’s 1040 filing.
Letter: Sen. Clinton just wants to make good appearance
She's showing interest in a questionable award to an Alaska Native firm just to look like a "spend-conscious senator."
November 28, 2007
Letter: How does Internet initiative affect new contracts?
The "deadline-then-plan" method behind the Trusted Internet Connections initiative is insane, a reader says.
Letter: Johnson has been asleep at the wheel
OMB's Clay Johnson is the only one who oversees IGs, but he has not been doing his job.
November 27, 2007
Letter: Editorial trivializes disagreement between IG, contracting officers
If Lurita Doan goes soft now, more contracting officers will leave government service and more companies will leave the GSA schedules.
Letter: OPM's suspension of telework unfair
The agency says it will reinstate telework after employees have been trained on a modernized retirement system, but one reader expects delays.
Letter: Enterprise architecture is the way to go
There are huge gains to be made by eliminating unnecessary duplication.
Letter: Trusted Internet Connections initiative is meaningless
DHS' CERT Einstein program won't monitor traffic on agencies' field offices' VPN, which they use to connect to agency networks.
November 26, 2007
Letter: Measure GSA schedules' success by customer satisfaction
Taxpayers need to know their money is being spent wisely.
Letter: Agencies should boycott ACS
The way the company treats its lower-level employees is disgraceful.
November 20, 2007
Letter: Opening air space won't help travel
Additional air space will only mean more holding patterns while planes wait to land.
November 16, 2007
Letter: FFATA effort duplicates procurement database
That's a waste of employees' time and taxpayers' money.
Letter: CHCOs should communicate more with workers
Sharing internally hinges on the desire and ability to communicate up, down and sideways and the ability to recognize talent in all its forms.
November 15, 2007
Letter: Program coordination must exist at enterprise level
As many project managers will attest, you can seldom implement any solution without having dependencies on other strategic initiatives within an organization.
November 14, 2007
Letter: Last-minute funding better than none
All the Bush administration cares about is how the press release reads.
Letter: Get facts straight about companies leaving GSA schedules
Clashes between the audit and contracting groups are to blame for the departures of Canon, EMC and Sun.
Letter: A database of 800,000 records is nothing
Why does the Bush administration need so much money for something that seems rather simple?
November 13, 2007
Letter: Standing up to Bush administration takes guts
A reader is encouraged by a judge who he feels is trying to hold the administration accountable for missing e-mail messages.
November 12, 2007
Letter: Memory sticks, laptop PCs at constant risk
The news media should do a better job of reporting on the problem.
November 8, 2007
Letter: RFID technology unsecured, waste of money
ID badges that incorporate RFID technology put people's personal information at risk.
Letter: Agency auditors don't understand programs
A contracting officer says he often has to bring them up to speed, writes one reader.
Letter: Kudos to GSA for pushing back against DOD IG
Comments from the IG that serve to punish sensible decisions that don't align with his own are broadly reflective of how IGs have taken over the lead role in setting procurement policy.
November 7, 2007
Letter: Why delay the cybersecurity report?
A new blue-ribbon panel plans to develop cybersecurity recommendations for the next president, delivering its report in December 2008. But one reader wonders: Why wait so long? Read the letter and post a comment.
Letter: The continuing saga of CRs
A reader writes that the inability of Congress to pass budgets on time is both inexplicable and inexcusable. Read the letter and post a comment.
November 6, 2007
Letter: Young people should consider private sector first
Agencies would benefit if young professionals get some experience in the private sector before entering public service, one reader writes.
November 5, 2007
Letter: No quick answers on cybersecurity
Efforts to improve cybersecurity often fail because they avoid dealing with difficult and unglamorous issues, writes one reader.
November 2, 2007
Letter: Cybersecurity actions speak louder than words
Rather than sit around ruminating about the problem, officials should do something about cybersecurity.
November 1, 2007
Letter: Background checks have been required for years
The required background investigation for HSPD-12 is the National Agency Check with Written Inquiries, which was established in 1953.
Letter: Cut Waxman some slack
The California congressman has done a lot to shed light on government problems.
Letter: Many agencies rely too much on contractors
When all of the middle grades are being contracted out, where are the people coming from to take the decision-making positions?
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