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DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano offers answers about future of her agency

Workforce reforms, SBINet two issues Senate Homeland Security Committee wanted her to talk about.

Tags: management , best practices , cybersecurity , Congress , homeland security , DHS , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Janet Napolitano

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TSA nominee Erroll Southers under fire on two fronts

His "misstatements" to the Senate Homeland Security Committee and Senator Jim Demint's opposition to collective bargaining for TSA screeners have Southers's nomination on hold.

Tags: management , Congress , homeland security , DHS , Erroll Southers , Jim DeMint , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins

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DHS Undersecretary Elaine Duke keeps her job - for now

A Senate subcommittee wants to know how much management progress DHS is making, while one Senator places a hold on the Undersecretary for Management nominee.

Tags: contracting , management , cybersecurity , Congress , homeland security , DHS , Daniel Akaka , George Voinovich , Elaine Duke , Rafael Borras

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Case management woes highlight interagency cooperation, information sharing challenges

The Senate Homeland Security Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery used recovery case management as an example of the problems and advantages of interagency collaboration.

Tags: management , contracting , best practices , Congress , FEMA , HUD , HHS , Government Accountability Office , GAO

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DHS Intel Nominee Caryn Wagner pledges contractor, workforce reform at I&A

A new head of the Homeland Security Department's Intelligence and Analysis division is one step closer to becoming official.

Tags: management , contracting , cybersecurity , Congress , homeland security , DHS , Caryn Wagner

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PASS ID better than REAL ID?

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and representatives from the National Governors Association pushed hard for the new plan they say would meet the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and save states big money along the way.

Tags: Max Cacas , technology , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , Daniel Akaka , REAL ID , PASS ID , Secretary Janet Napolitano , DHS

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Postal service needs big regulatory changes to survive, experts say

Congress, unions, new Postmaster General all agree current payment structure for retirees is killing chances of USPS survival.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Patrick Donahoe , Tom Carper , Tom Coburn , USPS , CSRS , FERS , pay and benefits

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State Department training needs work, says GAO

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , State , management

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Contracting officers too close to vendors, says chairman

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , contracting , Claire McCaskill , DCAA , DoD

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Senate committee not convinced by SIGAR's testimony

Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, failed to convince his congressional critics that he's qualified to handle his watchdog job.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Arnold Fields , SIGAR , Claire McCaskill , Scott Brown , contracting , management

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