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- 5 percent of federal workers to be furloughed Friday
- Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
- Katherine Archuleta chosen as next OPM director
- Data breach puts DHS workers at risk of identity theft
- DoD chooses interoperability over integration for new e-health record system
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB fuels synergy between mobile, open data
- IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
- Accountability breakdown leading factor in DoD sexual assaults
- OMB reworking financial system requirements
- Federal retirement funds temporarily tapped
- VanRoekel to lead OMB management team
- Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal finalists
- Thursday federal headlines - May 23, 2013
Agency Tip 2: Provide career development
Part of "The Need for the Next Generation" special report, the VA Acquisition Academy's internship program develops future contracting professionals through rigorous classes, job rotations and leadership development.
Defense cost tools to be required Feb. 1st
Defense Department employees have only a few weeks to get themselves familiar with a set of online tools designed to estimate the costs.
5 ways to improve Pentagon acquisition
Loren Thompson, CEO of the non-profit Lexington Institute, says this year was a disaster for DoD acquisition and offers five ways for the agency to improve.
DoD tries to green acquisition process
DoD's Paul Yaroschak explains efforts at the agency to make products more green.
Analysis: More training for DoD acquisition officers?
Dr. Jacque Gansler gives his assessment of the DoD recommendations on acquisition reform.
Air Force releases target price for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Aviation Week reports the target price for the jet is $109.4 - $142 million per plane.
Senate passes Acquisitions Improvement Act
The bill aims to improve acquisition workforce training, increase accountability and expand the use of the Acquisition Workforce Training Fund.
Mindshare: managing IT projects incrementally
Randolph Hite with GAO says his experience over the last 30 years in looking at large-scale IT projects across more federal departments and agencies than I can name has shown that this self-evident truth has been long and widely recognized and adopted when it comes to how IT projects are developed or acquired.
2010 and Beyond: Sustainable acquisition
Former head of the Coalition of Government Procurement, Larry Allen, discusses the move toward more sustainable government acquisition.
Online games help DoD acquisiton workforce build skills
Alicia Sanchez, the games czar at the Defense Acquisition University, explains how online games are helping workers learn about procurement.
NASA's 'booth babe' spreads the SEWP
At one conference, the Government Contract Management Conference, we learn about plans for a NEW conference from NASA's Joanne Woytek.
How Defense contracting is changing
Between budget and acquisition reform, things are changing fast in procurement at the Defense Department. Dayton Aerospace's Gary Poleskey gives us his view.
USPS Inspector General follows the money
The USPS OIG has completed a new report to determined if contracting officers issued letters to contracting officer's representatives detailing their responsibilities and limitations and if invoices were properly certified. To explain what the means for us is the Postal Service's Judy Leonhardt.
Conference highlights contract management
GCMC is an annual conference which provides premier professional development and networking opportunities to the greatest minds in the contracting, acquisition, and procurement fields. We learn more from conference chair Terry Raney.
NCMA hosts a gathering of the contracting clan
More than 800 contracting, acquisition, and procurement professionals from both government and private industry will gather in Arlington, Virginia, for NCMA's 29th Annual Government Contract Management Conference. WFED's Tom Temin gives us a preview.
Game On at Defense
The Defense Acquisition University has launched the first ever Department of Defense casual games site. Games Czar Alicia Sanchez explains.
Defense launches casual gaming site
The rationale behind the site was to serve as a place where professionals in the Acquisition workforce could go to play games that were related to the "core competencies" that are central to Acquisition.
OMB: Changes coming to IT acquisition
WFED's Jason Miller discusses OMB's plans to change IT acquisition and management.
