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Monday, December 1, 2008

GAO: Mixed progress on SES diversity
The percentage of female and minority senior executives increased overall but declined at one-third of major agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management.
(Posted December 1, 2008)
GAO: DHS slow to upgrade border security
Auditors report that the department has implemented only 11 of 50 recommendations for upgrading border security.
(Posted December 1, 2008)
Obama names CBO head Orszag as OMB's director
President-elect Barack Obama also promises to put the federal budget under a microscope to eliminate unnecessary programs and require others to be cost effective.
(Posted November 25, 2008)
How will your agency check its spending?
Recognizing the importance of acquisition, GAO gives Congress a few questions to ask President-elect Obama's nominees for top jobs.
(Posted November 25, 2008)
Majority of SESers go through their first transition
Surveys report that Senior Executive Service members see knowledge of internal policy and process as important, while presidential appointees see leadership as their top job.
(Posted November 21, 2008)
Transition Watch: Obama supporters ponder online future
The Obama transition team is thinking about how to keep the more than 2 million registered users of the MyBarackObama.com Web site engaged
(Posted November 21, 2008)
CRS offers changes for White House tech office
Congress could consider promoting the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level post, a report by the Congressional Research Service says.
(Posted November 20, 2008)
Transition Watch: Cybersecurity will be high on Obama's to-do list
At the top of that list will be tough cybersecurity tasks left behind by the Bush administration.
(Posted November 20, 2008)
Transition Watch: Hundreds of technology jobs up for grabs
The Obama administration will need to fill more than 300 presidentially appointed technology positions, with 21 of them being chief information officer posts.
(Posted November 19, 2008)
IRS names first chief technology officer
The new executive position reports directly to the deputy commissioner for operations support. The service's Modernization and Information Technology Services division, including the CIO, will report to the CTO.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Bush names officials to oversee rescue plans
Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program and HUD’s Federal Housing Finance Agency set to get inspectors general to assure proper management of funds.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Transition Watch: Obama's BlackBerry may be disconnected
President-elect Barack Obama, a devoted BlackBerry user, might have to revert to 20th-century communications methods when he moves into the Oval Office.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Buzz of the Week: Obama, the tech president
President-elect Barack Obama is preparing for a much-hyped technologically advanced administration by picking a chief technology officer for the government.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Get smart
Here is Dave Wennergren’s list of 10 books that are valuable for information leaders.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Leadership by the book
DOD’s Dave Wennergren spreads a gospel of trust, information sharing and enlightened management through selective reading.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Road map supports expanding CFO roles
The Council for Excellence in Government has provided a compilation of required and emerging decision-making responsibilities of federal financial management executives.
(Posted November 14, 2008)
Transition Watch: Obama CTO needs clear authority, former feds say
The new position needs the power to effect collaborative and technical transformation.
(Posted November 14, 2008)
Transition Watch: Talk heats up about CTO job description
As well as speculation over who would take the job as the government’s chief technology officer under President-elect Obama, there’s almost as much talk about what the CTO would do once in office.
(Posted November 14, 2008)
Transition Watch: Ranking the federal CTO candidates
The competition for the job as the government’s chief technology officer in the Obama administration is heating up.
(Posted November 12, 2008)
Transition Watch: New Plum Book ready for download
Users have several choices to search and download the Web-based version of a list of 7,000 senior-level and appointed positions.
(Posted November 12, 2008)






 
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Op-ed:

McDonough: How to make the jump to industry
Some tips on how to find a satisfying and financially rewarding job in the private sector.

Acquisition:

Ruling clouds future for buyers
Experts debate the potential impact of a GAO decision on small-business contracting.

Management:

Recruiters make IT connection
DOD and other agencies showcase online chops to attract tech-savvy young people to their ranks.

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