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Conference explores government innovation tools

Ilyse Veron is editor of The Public Manager.

Tags: Ilyse Veron , Public Manager , management , budget , best practices , In Depth , American Society for Training and Development

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Labor gives cash awards for job help apps

The Labor Department gave $68,000 in prizes for applications to help connect unemployed people with job positions.

Tags: Labor , apps , technology , Challenge.gov , Hilda Solis

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VA funds ideas to help disabled vets get jobs

VA will test the use of the ideas in the agency's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program, according to a VA release.

Tags: VA , employment , VAi2 , management , best practices , workforce , hiring

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SPECIAL REPORT: DHS takes inspiration from tragedy

Advance research agency sees opportunity from Katrina, power blackout, other events to solve large-scale problems. Technologies are high risk, but high payoff.

Tags: technology , Roger McGinnis , DHS Science and Technology , Homeland Security Advance Research and Technology , Army Corps of Engineers , electric grid , Levee repair , series

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Veterans Affairs restarts some of its suspended projects

Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker does not give too many details, but says the troubled initiatives have plans and milestones, and are in a better place. VA plans on prioritizing its top programs and ending those that do not make the cut. Baker says for too long the agency has tried to do too much, and that was one reason for its failures.

Tags: technology , contracting , Roger Baker , Peter Levin , VA , program evaluations , Web 2.0 , GI Bill

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OMB's Kundra sees innovation in the cloud

Federal CIO details to FederalNewsRadio several ways to change government.

Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , OMB , cloud computing , data , CIO Counci

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DorobekINSIDER: An open letter to OMB: Stop the public sector bashing

Tags: CIOs , Executive , management , OMB , performance , policy , technology , budget , oversight , procurement , strategy

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NRC CIO: innovating by strategy

The Chief Information Officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission explains how his office is changing to support remote workers.

Tags: technology , mngt , NRC , CIO , Darren Ash

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The importance of innovation

Why the federal government needs to get back on the ball when it comes to fostering abstract thought.

Tags: Business of Government , management

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Federal CTO issues mandate for innovation

White House chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra says directive will increase agency efficiency and improve the lives of citizens.

Tags: management , technology , Aneesh Chopra , Office of Science and Technology Policy , Mark Udall , Mark Warner , Meg Beasley

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