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DoJ holding more managers accountable for diversity

The Justice Department will begin evaluating managers based, in part, on their adherence to its diversity management plan. It's the latest step in a diversity strategy that began in 2010. The department is advising other agencies on how to diversify their workforces ahead of a March 16 deadline for all agencies to complete diversity and inclusion strategies.

Tags: workforce , management , DoJ , diversity , Emily Kopp , Channing Phillips , Eric Holder ,

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Watchdog group pursues more openness in government

Tom Blanton, executive director of the National Security Archive, talks about his group's efforts in recognizing poor compliance with open government practices through its annual Rosemary Award.

Tags: National Security Archive , Tom Blanton , Rosemary Award , open government , Open Government Directive , Barack Obama , Federal Drive , EPA

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NIST helps eliminate human error in fingerprint analysis

Melissa Taylor, who works in the Law Enforcement Standards Office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, worked with the Justice Department on recommendations for reducing human error in fingerprint analysis.

Tags: Melissa Taylor , NIST , Federal Drive , crime , Michael OConnell

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Calif. shooting latest woe for immigration agency

Tags: DHS , CBP , ICE , Treasury

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Former CIA officer accused of terror leaks

A former CIA officer who told reporters he participated in the interrogation of terrorist Abu Zubaydah has been charged with leaking classified secrets about CIA operatives and other information to reporters.

Tags: John Kiriakou , CIA ,

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National Security lawyers awarded for secret work

The Justice Department on Wednesday honored some of its employees behind the complex legal efforts to keep America safe, but the public ceremony raised more questions about what they did than answered them.

Tags: national security , Shelly Goldstone , Eric Holder , Alamdar Hamdani

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After Hiring: The Next Challenge

Mark A. Abramson
After Hiring: The Next Challenge

Tags: management , New Ideas For Government , Mark Abramson , veterans , Energy , homeland security , Treasury

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Four major agencies to stop using Grants.gov

OMB asks agencies to come up with $6 million to upgrade current system

Tags: technology , Peter Orszag , Tom Gavin , OMB , GSA , DoD , Education , DHS , HHS , Turner Consulting Group , David Cassidy , Grants.gov , FedBizOpps.gov

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Justice reaffirms position that the Einstein system is legal

DoJ opinion states the intrusion detection application does not violate Fourth Amendment rights or several other federal and state laws. Department's view follows Bush administration position.

Tags: technology , David Barron , DHS , US CERT , cybersecurity , Einstein , privacy

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New approach to make information sharing easier

Justice, ISE leading pilots using distributed modeling. Web 2.0 also coming to fusion centers.

Tags: technology , DHS , PM-ISE , David Lewis , AFCEA , suspicious activity reporting , information sharing , Web 2.0

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