People
OPM offers online hiring toolkit
The online resource provides guidance and advice for hiring and keeping talented employees.
Digital Government
Study: Contractors outnumber feds 4-to-1
Citing an NYU professor's study, a federal union president calls the rapid growth of contractor numbers a "shell game" for taxpayers, but a contractor group official disputes the conclusion.
People
Senior execs unhappy with performance pay
Sen. Voinovich urges a fair but speedy switch to exec pay based on performance.
People
GSA moves ahead on reorg
Now that Congress has passed the enabling legislation, the agency has made some changes to its reorganization plans.
People
Having multiple stakeholders means careful management
Gail Verley, assistant director of the FDIC's enterprise technology branch, gives 10 principles for managing projects.
People
Program management: All about the people
Although technology supports human interaction, it can't fully replace the personal dimension.
Cybersecurity
Program managers need to understand security, panel says
Agency security experts must keep program managers up to speed, but often much is lost in translation.
Modernization
Pandemic prospect complicates COOP
Even organizations that have developed continuity-of-operations plans should re-examine them in light of a possible disease outbreak, according to a panel of experts.
Modernization
Verizon to continue as USPS' managed network provider
The Postal Service awarded Verizon a two-year extension to its current contract, with options that could carry the deal into 2012.
People
Megan Quinn & Steve Ressler: Accidental organizers
Two federal employees who felt out of place in an unfamiliar government workplace started an after-hours social network called Young Government Leaders.
People
Ethics training for contractors could be a challenge
It makes sense to provide contractors with ethics training, but agencies may not have the resources to handle it, the Government Ethics Office tells the SARA panel.
Modernization
Input: Fed telecom market could hit $22B by 2011
The market research firm projects a compound annual growth rate of 5 percent in federal telecom spending, starting this year.
People
Senate panel questions pay-for-performance plans
Senators wanted more information in light of a new study suggesting widespread dissatisfaction with pay for performance.
Modernization
Businesses capitalize on IPv6 mandate
Vendors develop services to help agencies meet 2008 deadline for compliance.
Cybersecurity
Commerce loses more than 1,100 laptops
An internal review determined that 249 of the missing computers contained personally identifiable information.
Modernization
Verizon opens network center for feds
The center, located at the company's campus in Ashburn, Va., integrates security capabilites with network management.
Modernization
Command Information launches federal division
The company specializes in IPv6 training and development.
Acquisition
Industry faults Dem contracting bill
Lawmakers say the legislation is needed to curb contracting abuses
Modernization
Pennsylvania picks webMethods for network support
The company's Fabric suite will support and enhance the Pennsylvania Justice Network.
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