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Most of the fiscal 2011 reductions came from the departments of Education, Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The administration also announced new steps aimed at improving how agencies use suspension and debarment to deal with unreliable contractors and grant recipients.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it\'s been able to increase the number of IT projects its staff are working on by 60 percent. VA says when it studied its IT projects, it found the people working on some of them were far busier than they were on other projects. So IT employees now work in a competency model, moving their skills from project to project based on VA\'s needs and priorities at any given time. VA thinks it\'s also led to a more satisfied workforce. They say turnover right now is about half what it is in the private sector.
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy is turning to industry and academia for ideas on how to make sure publicly funded research data is available to the public. Under the America Competes Act, unclassified federally funded research has to be accessible to the public. OSTP wants ideas on how to make sure the data can be preserved, that it\'s interoperable and accessible, and that it can be reused and re purposed effectively. OSTP will develop recommendations for agency data policy and report them to Congress.
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The EPA has announced five winners for its Apps for the Environment Challenge. The agency designed the contest to help promote the creation of mobile apps that make innovative uses of EPA\'s own data. The top overall app the agency selected is a light bulb finder that lets mobile users weigh their lighting needs against financial considerations and the environmental impact of their choices. EPA also selected winners in categories created by students, and a winner for the most popular app as chosen by users.
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The Office of Personnel Management faces a House subcommittee today to answer questions about its handling of the USAJobs relaunch.
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Under the $40 million deal, ICE wants a modernized system that gives investigators access to more than 100 disparate databases.
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John Palguta, the vice president for policy at Partnership for Public Service, talks about agency ranks in the annual \"Best Places to Work\" survey.
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Billions being paid to beef up smart grid to make sure its cyber-secure.
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Pentagon study says coordination missing between the more than 200 programs devoted to brain injuries and psychological health.
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Chuck Pfarrer\'s latest book about the raid to kill Osama bin Laden, SEAL Target Geronimo, has come under target by the White House and the military.
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Rear Adm. David Titley, director of task force climate change, examines how changing climate impacts naval operations.
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GPO\'s Chief Technology Officer Ric Davis talks about launching the agency\'s first mobile app. Users will be able to access information about members of Congress on their mobile devices.
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Federal employees increasingly perceive less agency wrongdoing but that doesn't necessarily mean the threat of retaliation for reporting such misconduct has similarly decreased, according to a new Merit System Protection Board report.
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