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Competition goals removed

The Bush administration has backed off government-wide benchmarks for opening up certain federal tasks to competition, and replaced them with agency-specific targets.

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Homeland Security to review HR options

A committee will start considering human resources alternatives this week

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House cuts irk administration

The House Appropriations Committee cuts White House requests for Commerce e-government and Justice restructuring.

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Reporter notebook: The scorecard

Homeland Security Department is moving forward on all aspects of the management agenda, but hits a snag with e-government

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White House: Agencies moving beyond management basics

Latest score card on the President's Management Agenda shows improvement

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IRS smooths online payment

No need to log in more than once to pay the taxman twice.

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Smythe to OMB: Manage thyself

OMB has named Austin Smythe to spearhead the agency's efforts to implement the President's Management Agenda.

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Anti-A-76 provisions draw veto threat

President Bush will veto spending bills that would hamper the administration's competitive sourcing imitative

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Results Act at a crossroads

It's still a work in progress, agencies say

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Agencies improve management

Agencies are improving their scoring on the Bush administration's management agenda

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GSA drafts e-Authentication policy

It outlines four levels of assurance against which agencies must align transactions

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IRS names human capital officer

Beverly Ortega Babers has been selected as the agency's first chief human capital officer

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Feds strike common chord with geospatial portal

The Interior Department unveiled the first version of the Geospatial One-Stop portal

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Geospatial One-Stop opens

Portal consolidates geospatial data available across federal, state and local agencies

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CIOs find crowded agenda wearing

If you are a government chief information officer today, you better have your sea legs.

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Bolten confirmed as OMB director

As the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, Joshua Bolten will be leading the effort to make the Bush administration's management agenda part of every agency's day-to-day management.

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Skills gaps tough to identify, correct

Determining how to fill a skills gap within an agency is a final step in addressing its workforce challenges

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Senate confirms Bolten as OMB director

The Senate has confirmed Joshua Bolten as the new director of the Office of Management and Budget

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Bolten pledges management focus

OMB nominee says enhancing federal management is 'equally important' to developing the budget

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Security management in spotlight

Officials are beginning to look at how to ensure consistency in information security leadership