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September 2007

September 28, 2007
Letter: State Department chose bad name for blog
Apparently no one at the department involved with the blog is more than 25 years old, a reader says.
Letter: Rep. Davis understands workforce woes
But it needs to be tempered with defined agency plans to use the rehired annuitants to train junior and mid-level workers, not merely to fill their old jobs at 1.7 times the pay.
Letter: OPM vague on clearance progress
A reader notes that the agency doesn't specify which investigation is moving faster.

September 17, 2007
Letter: Giuliani doesn't understand federal workforce
Rudy Giuliani hasn't seen the government workforce to know exactly how it works, says one reader.
Letter: Security rules are only as good as those who obey them
"Gadgets that don’t play by the rules" is a good article on the challenges of adapting to agency responses to the rapidly changing technology landscape, but I have to ask about your comment in the sidebar that states, "Information technology managers...can buy some time by using common sense rules until they can develop a broader strategy." With all due respect, the alarm went off at the announcement of the Veterans Affairs Department breach.
Letter: Voting systems get short shrift
The article titled "Voting under a cloud of suspicion" does not go far enough to detail the clear benefits of electronic voting systems or the technological evolution of voting systems in the past 100-plus years. The simple fact is that electronic voting systems provide the same or greater level of auditability. Rather than simply getting rid of the new technology, the question should be: How do we build the regulatory and administrative procedures around this new technology?

September 14, 2007
Letter: It makes sense to ban use of private PCs for government work
Governmental computers (at least at my facility) are so locked down that it takes longer to do your work, assuming you can access the resources or perform the computing task required.

September 13, 2007
Letter: Time to escape our 1940s mentality about telework
The future is now. My organization is struggling with space issues. Telework is the new capital of productivity for IT organizations. And yet we are trapped in the 1940s' mentality of build a bigger building for a bigger workforce.

Acquisition:

GSA advisory panel wants more feedback
The MAS panel is asking more GSA customers to share thoughts on schedule pricing and practices.

DOD Spotlight:

Navy takes EA concept to heart
With two initiatives, the Navy expects to score gains in program efficiency and effectiveness.

Management:

Intell leaders heed pay concerns
Leaders of the intelligence community make a point of getting employee input on pay-for-performance plans.

Should there be a governmentwide CIO?

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