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DHS faces human capital challengesDHS' acting deputy secretary told a Senate committee that the department's top human resources job should be held by a career official, not a political appointee as required by current law.
(Posted May 15, 2008)
Networx transition still slowOfficials say fair opportunity requirements and other factors are slowing progress in moving services to new network contracts.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
Report: "Onboarding" helps retain employeesThe Partership for Public Service and Booz Hamilton Allen conclude in a new study that successful "onboarding" can increase employee retention by 25 percent.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
GSA to re-evaluate Alliant bidsThe General Services Administration said it's redoing its past performance evaluations for the 62 companies that bid on the $50-billion information technology contract.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
OMB plans domain name security measuresThe agency plans to to require agencies to implement security measures designed to protect information from the federal government’s domain name servers from unauthorized access.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
Interior's deputy CIO to retireEdward Meagher, deputy chief information officer at the Interior Department, will retire effective July 1.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
DHS seeks IT procurement management systemThe Homeland Security Department is asking industry for information as it seeks to create an automated system to manage task orders from its major information technology procurement programs.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
Senior execs still want performance payThe Office of Personnel Management's 2008 survey of the Senior Executive Service members reports that the overwhelming majority of those executives say their pay should be based on performance.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
DOD's EA programs still strugglingThe military services' work to develop enterprise architectures has not advanced beyond initial steps in some cases, according to the Government Accountability Office.
(Posted May 12, 2008)
OMB promotes fiscal cooperationThe agency's Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business relies on MAX wiki for federal agencies to collaborate on ways to align processes, standards and data.
(Posted May 9, 2008)
Bush names new DHS CHCOThe president plans to appoint Thomas Cairns to DHS' top HR slot, which has been open since January.
(Posted May 9, 2008)
Feds raid Special Counsel's officeFBI agents raided the office of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch as part of an ongoing obstruction of justice investigation.
(Posted May 7, 2008)
Groups choose winning workforce ideaSixteen people offered two-minute pitches for improving the federal workforce during a Public Service Recognition Week event today.
(Posted May 7, 2008)
Panel takes up price reduction clauseAn advisory panel considering ways to improve the multiple award schedule contract system heard about price reductions at its inaugural meeting.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
Report: Agencies must head off brain drainThe Partnership for Public Service said the government must recruit a new generation of talent to offset an exodus of employees in the next five years.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
Practice sessions spur COOP programsState government leaders found that taking training with elements of surprise helps agencies and legislatures think about emergency planning.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
White House reveals e-mail backups missingThe Bush administration has disclosed that back-up tapes of e-mail messages with dates that coincide with the invasion of Iraq have not been preserved.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
Doan's undoingIn the end, ethics allegations didn't force her exit, but the hassles she caused did.
(Posted May 5, 2008)
DHS delays TWIC deadlineThe department has moved back the compliance date by seven months as demand increases for the maritime workers’ secure credential.
(Posted May 5, 2008)
DHS cybersecurity strategy draws fireDHS' cybersecurity initiative might be relying too much on contractors and might not be providing enough information to the public, according to two key senators.
(Posted May 5, 2008)
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