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Orszag exit speech touts Administration achievements

Outgoing OMB Director lists accomplishments of administration in speech at his former home, the Brookings Institution.

Tags: Francis Rose , Peter Orszag , OMB , Brookings Institution , technology , management

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OMB cracking down on IT projects gone wild

The Office of Management and Budget is taking aim at the worst 25-to-30 technology projects across government.

Tags: Francis Rose , technology , OMB , Vivek Kundra , management , IT project management

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Wartime Contracting Comm. on billing, human trafficking

$21 billion in questioned and unsupported costs, human trafficking allegations covered in latest hearing of bipartisan commission.

Tags: Francis Rose , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Mike Thibault , contracting , Iraq , Afghanistan

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Pentagon dealing with doc leaks, new media environment

White House calls the disclosures 'alarming" and scrambles to assess the damage.

Tags: Francis Rose , WikiLeaks , JJ Green , DoD

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Rand Beers: making progress on cybersecurity at DHS

Undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security has a lot on his mind.

Tags: Francis Rose , Rand Beers , DHS , cybersecurity , technology , INSA , National Protection and Programs Directorate , Einstein 3 , Cyberstorm III

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Government management recommended reading for summer

Performance expert John Kamensky tells me why he read, reviewed, and recommends the book "Performance Management in the Public Sector."

Tags: Francis Rose , John Kamensky , IBM Center for the Business of Government , management , performance

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Keeping the best: Tips for retaining a talented workforce

The Office of Personnel Management, as well as all other federal agencies, spend a lot of time thinking about, and working toward, recruiting and hiring new federal employees. But keeping the talented people the government already has doesn't get as much attention. Angela Bailey, Dr. Ronald Sanders, and Linda Springer gave their expert assessments of this issue during the latest In Depth Conversation.

Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth Conversation , Ron Sanders , ODNI , Linda Springer , OPM , Angela Bailey , management

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Countdown: new OMB head, telework bill passed

Tags: Francis Rose , Federal News Countdown , telework , Lisa Mascolo , Julie Myers Wood , contracting , OMB , Jack Lew

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Industry Chatter: new approaches to training, performance

Tags: Francis Rose , contracting , Industry Chatter , Nick Schacht , Learning Tree

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Cool Jobs: Zoo keeper loves animals, science

As Animal Keeper for Great Cats and Bears at the National Zoo, Kristen Clark has some 'wild' days. But she says caring for the animals takes a combination of scientific inquiry and respect. She also reveals that her lion pride might see some new members come this fall.

Tags: management , Cool Jobs in Government , Kristen Clark , National Zoo ,

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