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US CTO Chopra describes the work to be done on openness

Assessments show that we are off to a good start--but have much more work to do as we transition our overall efforts towards effective agency implementation. U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , mngt , Open Government Directive , CTO , Aneesh Chopra , open government dashboard , OSTP , OMB , HHS , Transportation , NASA ,

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UPDATE: More on military pay raise from Senate Armed Services subcommittee

More from this hearing on using funds for specialty and incentive pay instead of across-the-board pay raises.

Tags: In Depth , pay and benefits , management , Defense , DoD , Pentagon , Defense Department , Department of Defense , William Carr , Brenda Farrell , Government Accountability Office

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Federal web managers introduce cool tools for your agency to use

Some of the federal government's top web managers and producers are seeing some new, cutting edge tools.

Tags: In Depth , management , technology , Web 2.0 , Gov 2.0 , government 2.0 , Bev Godwin , GSA , Federal Center for New Media and Citizen Engagemen , 2010 Government Web and New Media Conference , Dan Munz , IdeaSpace , Section 508 , Open Government Initiative , Andrea Sigritz , terms of service , Facebook , twitter , Tiffany Smith , State Department , FedSpace , Go.USA.gov , Gwynne Kostin , Max Cacas , #govnewmedia

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JPDO's Karlin Toner explains progress on FAA's NextGen system

House Transportation subcommittee asked for updates from program head, Transportation IG, and GAO.

Tags: management , technology , Congress , House Transportation Committee , Federal Aviation Administration , NextGen , Karlin Toner , Government Accountability Office , GAO

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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 ,

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Commission on Wartime Contracting probes Army services contracts

The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan wants to know how the Army is doing in administering services contracts.

Tags: contracting , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Army , CACI , AECOM , DoD , Pentagon , Defense Department

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Agencies going "all in" on new media citizen engagement

Federal agencies are increasingly turning to the tools of social collaboration, and doing it in a way that fits the mission of the organization.

Tags: management , technology , Web 2.0 , Gov 2.0 , government 2.0 , Dave McClure , Amanda Eamich , Janice Nall , Elizabeth Olmo

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Defense acquisition reform bill coming from House Armed Services Committee

Committee Chairman Ike Skelton says fixing the acquisition system at the Department of Defense is a bipartisan goal.

Tags: contracting , Congress , Defense , DoD , Pentagon , Defense Department , Ike Skelton , Defense Acquisition Reform Panel , Rob Andrews

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Interior open about Open Government plans

The plan includes the specific actions DOI will undertake to incorporate the key principles of transparency, collaboration and participation into its core mission. Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Jackson from the Office of Technology, Information and Business Services explains.

Tags: technology , mngt , open government , DOI , Interior VA , Andrew Jackson , transparency , collaboration

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GSA Administrator Martha Johnson kicks off IRMCO with a bang

She announces a top-to-bottom review of how they measure whether or not they are meeting their mission.

Tags: IRMCO 2010 , contracting , Martha Johnson , General Services Administration , management , GSA , Business process reengineering , metrics , sustainability , open government , IRMCO

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