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Think tank calls for a federal Department of Competitiveness

Jonathan Sallet, a partner with the law firm O'Melveny and Myers and the report's co-author, joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what such a department would look like.

Tags: Jonathan Sallet , Commerce , management , government reorganization , Federal Drive , SBA , innovation , contracting

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OMB program aims to improve performance

WFED's Jason Miller reports.

Tags: management , OMB , performance , Jason Miller

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Taking a long look at NSPS

Tags: Pay & Benefits , NSPS , Rudy deLeon , DoD , OPM ,

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Report: NSPS should be reconstructed

Tags: Pay & Benefits , management , NSPS , Defense Business Board , pay-for-performance , Rudy deLeon ,

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OMB's Zients sets out steps to key productivity boom

The chief performance officer says contracting, technology and workforce must be fixed for the government to save money and improve services. The administration will receive help to transform agency operations from the Center for American Progress.

Tags: management , Jeff Zients , OMB , John Podesta , Management agenda

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Lynn: DoD must cut budget, but without mistakes of the past

With cuts of at least $450 billion in DoD's future, the Pentagon's outgoing deputy secretary says the military will have to do fewer things, and probably with fewer people.

Tags: DoD , budget , DoD budget , Congress , William Lynn , Jared Serbu

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Defense Spending Up

Tags: budget , DoD , defense spending , Rudy deLeon

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Afghanistan plan: details and analysis

Democrats are complaining about President Barack Obama's order to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and Republicans are unhappy with his promise to withdraw troops in 18 months. Congressional lawmakers are holding two days of high-profile hearings on the war, beginning today.

Tags: security , DoD , Lawrence Korb ,

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U.K. offers model of regulation reform

The Center for American Progress' Jitinder Kohli explains how he helped the initiative to cut billions in the U.K. government.

Tags: Jitinder Kohli , government reorganization , efficiency , best practices , U.K. , State of the Union , Barack Obama , Dorobek Insider

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How can gov save $54B in procurement?

Censeo Consulting Group's Raj Sharma shared the ideas to cut procurement fat from a report in Center for American Progress.

Tags: Raj Sharma , procurement , best practices , Dorobek Insider

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