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Towns to do fix check of National Central Bureau

Chairman Edolphus "Ed" Towns (D-NY) is requesting detailed information from the Justice Department and DHS after the release of a Justice Department Inspector General report in 2009 that outlined major lapses at the United States National Central Bureau.

Tags: Federal Drive , Edolphus Towns , USNCB , INTERPOL , DoJ , DHS , Congressional Spotlight , Congress

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DHS, DoJ, EPA, Energy earn top green electronics award

Agencies recycled more than 51,000 pounds of electronics, purchases more than 58,000 hardware that met the green standards and saved the government more than $11 million.

Tags: technology , contracting , management , EPA , Federal Environmental Executive , DHS , DoJ , Energy , Federal Electronics Challenge , green IT , data centers , EPEAT , Energy Star , Jason Miller

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WMD attack preparation lacking at DoJ

The Justice Department has failed to put together an adequate plan for responding to an attack involving weapons of mass destruction, the inspector general at the agency said Tuesday. Randy Larsen, CEO of the WMD Center, has details.

Tags: Federal Drive , Randy Larsen , WMD , DoJ , DOJ IG , WMD Center , management , Suzanne Kubota

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Information sharing challenges ahead for Paul

Kshemendra Paul, the new Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, must reestablish the role of the organization, experts say. James Carafano of Heritage says Paul must convince and educate the intelligence community about the value of the ISE. Jim Dempsey of the Markle Foundation Task Force says Paul must figure out the ISE's relationship with other information sharing organizations in the government.

Tags: technology , Kshemendra Paul , Leslie Phillips , OMB , ODNI , DoJ , Information Sharing Environment , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , GAO , James Carafano , Jim Dempsey , Paul Wormeli , IJIS , Heritage , Markle Foundation Task Force , information sharing , NIEM , Jason Miller

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Causey Awards: Optimal workforce created despite budget

Karin O'Leary is Director of the Budget at the Justice Department and explains how she stayed positive during the tough times.

Tags: management , pay and benefits , DoJ , Karin O'Leary , Causey Awards , DorobekInsider

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OMB's Paul to lead information sharing environment

Kshemendra Paul moves from the OMB chief architect to the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment. He will lead the work on information sharing standards, policies and procedures.

Tags: technology , management , Kshemendra Paul , Susan Reingold , OMB , ODNI , PM-ISE , DoJ , Ted McNamara , NIEM , information sharing , Jason Miller

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COPS works to correct stimulus payments

Math is hard. That's led to problems with stimulus grants from the Justice Department. COPS Director Bernard Melekian explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , COPS , DoJ , Bernard Melekian , stimulus , Suzanne Kubota

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NASA and Justice Assist Toyota Inquiry

Learn why the space agency in particular is helping out.

Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , NASA , DoJ , NTSB , Toyota

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FBI gets a gold star for resource management

The FBI's establishment of the Resource Planning Office has helped to manage personnel resources and ensure those resources are aligned with the FBI's strategic goals. David Schlendorf, acting assistant director of the Resource Planning Office explains how it works.

Tags: mngt , resource allocation , FBI , DoJ , DOJ IG , David Schlendorf , best practices

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Justice moves closer to secure sharing

Department to lead the roll out of a federated identity management system for all law enforcement agencies. Justice ran a pilot and now plans on expanding the system nationwide by the end of 2010. The goal is to use technology that already exists and focus on standards and policies.

Tags: technology , Jeremy Warren , Justice , DoJ , DHS , Criminal Justice Information Services , AFCEA , identity management , information sharing

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