Dorobek Must Reads - March 17

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Reporters' Roundup: Pay-for-performance, DoD source selection guidelines

These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today.

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Pentagon Labyrinth: Careerism hurting military

Ret. Marine Colonel G.I. Wilson says too many people in the military are focused on achieving high rank.

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Recovery Board offers transparency lessons

Ed Pound, one of the report's principal authors and the board's director of communications, shares highlights from the Recovery Board's annual report and a look at the year ahead.

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USGS: Study of Japan earthquake helps predict future risks

Three days after the devastating earthquake in Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey updated the magnitude from 8.9 to 9.0, making the earthquake the fourth largest ever recorded.

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Analysis: Women leaders add value to orgs

Susan Butler, a speaker at the Women in Technology conference, discusses the value of elevating women to leadership positions.

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Bill would create National Office of Cyberspace

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) has introduced the Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act.

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White House urges privacy bill of rights for Internet

The White House is asking Congress to pass a privacy bill of rights for the Internet. The legislation is aimed at protecting Americans from intrusive data gathering.

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Dorobek Must Reads - March 16

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Analysis: Gov reorg rhetoric offers no specifics

Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief of Government Executive, explains what changes are coming in terms of government reorg.

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Reporters' Roundup: GSA's new role as consultant, DoD defends TRICARE increases

These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today.

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Causey: Fed managers tired of fed bashing

Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey brings an update of federal managers' mood from the Federal Managers Association conference in Arlington, Va.

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Pentagon Labyrinth: Spinney says DoD spends wastefully

Chuck Spinney, a former program analyst for DoD, discusses the serious waste he sees in defense spending.

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CAM-I identifies steps to improve performance

(CAM-I) has come up with its own performance framework to improve performance.

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How agencies can meet transparency, FOIA goals

Not every agency is responding the President's call for transparency - a call that was highlighted in a memorandum signed on President Obama's first day in office.

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DoD blocks ESPN, YouTube for Japan relief efforts

The tremendous demand to see the Japan earthquake and tsunami is eating up bandwidth already weakened by Internet problems in that part of the world, DoD's Cyber Command says.

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Fixed price contracting the future in Army?

At least one Senior Army Official says fixed-price contracting might not be the way to go for the Army.

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Former NSA head says too much info is classified

General Michael Hayden, the director of NSA from 1999 to 2005, says in order to protect people from vulnerabilities we need to first educate them of the risks, Wired Magazine reports.

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Dorobek Must Reads - March 15

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Debt limit's impact on your Thrift Savings Plan

Does the battle over the debt limit have an impact on the TSP super-safe G fund?

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