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FEATURES

What makes a Power Player?
FCW's second annual Power Players special report recognizes the most prominent deciders in the government IT community.

1. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
2. Karen Evans
3. David Wennergren
4. Shay Assad
5. David Walker
6. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)
7. Scott Charbo and Robert Howard
8. Martha Dorris, Venkatapathi Puvvada and Leslie Steele
9. Paul Brubaker
10. Anne Armstrong and Neal Vitale

Buzz of the Week: Government IT gets wiki-ed

Homeland security plan draws fire
Critics describe the Bush administration's updated strategy as vague and "squishy"'

ODNI earns kudos for 500-day plan
The document lays out guidelines and metrics for meeting information sharing goals

Groups press White House on e-mail
The recent litigation highlights issues agencies face in electronic records management

Circuit

Editorial: Fixing the spree
We are two weeks into the new fiscal year, and nearly everyone is recovering from the annual end-of-year spending spree.

• Read the Treasury IG report on end-of-year spending (.pdf).

Kelman: The art of negotiation

• Read Kelman’s blog, “The Lectern.”

Welles: Avoid e-mail drudgery

• Read Welles’ “Get a life” blog.

Wagner: Why SOA matters

MANAGEMENT

Mary Lacey brokers pay changes
Program executive leads DOD through a difficult personnel system transformation

Do feds get paid enough?

• Read the Federal Salary Council report and the CATO Institute’s pay analysis.
   

Patent examiners struggle with backlog

• Read the Government Accountability Office report, "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Hiring Efforts Are Not Sufficient to Reduce the Patent Application Backlog" (.pdf)

Michigan IT shop faces cuts

Mike Butler wants to card you
Leader of GSA’s smart card program will use his vision to guide the HSPD-12 effort

FEMA readies emergency system

PROCUREMENT

Meet Mr. Procurement Policy
Robert Burton sets directions for OFPP and steers governmentwide acquisition

IG warns against year-end spending frenzy at IRS

• Read the Treasury IG report on end-of-year spending (.pdf).
  

States get SmartBuy discounts

POLICY

Maj. Gen. Lord is a groundbreaker
As cyberattacks escalate, Lord has a new role as the Air Force’s chief cyberwarrior

Web 2.0 applications disrupt previous security measures

VA revisits data consolidation plan

FLIPSIDE

Top 20 contracts feds like to use

• For more details about 1105 Government Information Group’s 2007 Government IT Buying Study, visit www.fcw.com/2007buyingstudy.
  

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• Are GSA's assisted acquisition services still a valuable resource for agencies?

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