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				<title><![CDATA[Senate confirms Ferriero to be next Archivist]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1805764</link>
				<description><![CDATA[David Ferriero is the new Archivist of the United States.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 4:47:19 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OPM sets new policy to make 'burrowing' harder]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1805536</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Director Berry says the agency will approve all political conversations to career positions, not just those during an election year. OPM also will approve political appointees who left government in the last five years and want to come back as a career employee.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 2:06:55 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Archives officials grilled on the Hill over missing data drives]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1805100</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A little more than a month ago, officials at the National Archives admitted to the loss of a hard drive containing the personal information of millions of military veterans. Before that, there was the loss of a hard drive containing messages from the Clinton White House. The handling of these data devices was the focus of Thursday's hearing of the House Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 5:10:08 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[FAA gives 245 small firms preferred contracting status ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1805097</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Agency made awards to small businesses to provide support services in eight categories. The contract is worth up to $2 billion over seven years. FAA also plans to automate procurement system under separate contract that is just getting off the ground.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 4:42:21 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Feds find it isn't easy being transparent]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1803969</link>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the top buzzwords in the federal space these days is transparency. More and more officials are embracing the idea of the government being more open and transparent, and more are making use of social collaboration and networking tools in their agencies. But how are they faring in implementing the tools of collaboration? A blue-ribbon panel at the yesterday's MeriTalk/Adobe Government Open Source Conference offered some perspective.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 5:04:37 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[GSA seeks to green all that it touches]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1803689</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Acting administrator Prouty promises the agency will lead the nation in how they use environmentally friendly products and services. Prouty says he wants to add funding in 2011 for research and development for green products and other things. GSA's schedules received a lift in 2009 because of Recovery Act and the excitement over energy saving products and services.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 6:10:30 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[House panel casts leery eye toward TSP mutual fund option]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1802963</link>
				<description><![CDATA[With important changes coming to the Thrift Savings Plan, federal workers will soon see significant new options and opportunities for their retirement savings. But federal worker unions tell a House subcommittee that they're reluctant to endorse an option sought by a small, but some say overly-vocal minority of TSP participants.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 4:55:34 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Two new programs on the way to improve recruitment, retention]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1802637</link>
				<description><![CDATA[OPM is hoping to launch the Veterans Hiring Initiative next week. Director Berry also planning to kick-off an initiative to pair SESers with universities to bring on new workers. Berry says a formal proposal for long-term changes to civil service could be ready by next summer.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 6:05:10 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OPM proposes reinvestigation rule for certain employees]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1802298</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Agency notice implements January executive order. Some employees would have to be reinvestigated every five years. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 1:41:27 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sen. Collins says no to WH cybersecurity coordinator]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1801863</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Five months after he announced it as a priority for his administration, President Obama still has not named a White House cybersecurity coordinator. Now, two U.S. Senators who are friends and normally see eye-to-eye on other matters find themselves in opposite corners on this issue. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 4:37:29 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OPM's Berry deals out first set of civil service reform suggestions]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1801858</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now the agency wants to hear from others about these ideas and their own recommendations on how to fix federal HR processes. Director Berry offers to get rid of the GS system, expand who can receive bonuses and bolster training.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 4:28:06 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[TSP: Most funds down for October but up for year]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1801656</link>
				<description><![CDATA[TSP's Tom Trabucco says that no matter the market's ups and downs in the past month, the government's retirement plan can still be counted on in the long term.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 7:27:40 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OFPP calls on agencies to use EVM more often on non-IT projects]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1801347</link>
				<description><![CDATA[New memo from OMB is third in two weeks trying to change the acquisition environment. OFPP eventually wants agencies to submit data about non-IT projects in an Exhibit 53 style format. Agencies have six weeks to submit information on their top 10 construction projects.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 2:46:39 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[White House cybersecurity coordinator still unnamed after five months]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1800791</link>
				<description><![CDATA[With the end of October comes the end of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. But a key player in the White House's plans for national cybersecurity still isn't on the job yet, and that has lawmakers on Capitol Hill concerned.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 4:42:27 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Agency use of cost reimbursement contracts skyrockets, GAO finds]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com?nid=35&amp;sid=1799666</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Auditors say agencies spent $136 billion on cost type contracts in 2008, up $16 billion since 2003. OMB wants to cut the use of these contracts by 10 percent in 2010. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 5:35:18 PM</pubDate>
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