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IT management challenges continue at the VA and the Government Accountability Office\'s recommendations might keep your agency off the high-risk list. Joel Willemssen is the Managing Director for Information Technology Issues at the GAO.
May 18, 2011 -
Steve Kelman is the former administrator at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, he shares how your agency can succeed when it fails
May 18, 2011 -
A review of the Social Security Administrations\' budget may hold some solutions for your agency. Michael Astrue is the Commissioner of Social Security
May 18, 2011 -
A new bill for saving energy and money for your agency. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) explains it.
May 18, 2011 -
One year after the President called for improvements to how agencies hire workers, OPM Director Berry said KSAs, long job descriptions and the rule of three are mostly a thing of the past. On average, agencies are hiring new employees in 105 days and most job descriptions are five pages or fewer.
May 18, 2011 -
A bill to boost training and testing for Federal Protective Service guards cleared the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
May 18, 2011 -
Finding innovation, learning how it ticks, then spreading it across government are some of the goals of a new old-hand in government, \"serial innovator\" Chris Vein.\"
May 18, 2011 -
Without action from Congress, the U.S. Postal Service will default on its obligations to future retirees\' health care accounts. Next up are payments to employees and vendors, the postmaster general told Congress Tuesday.
May 18, 2011 -
At this year\'s Management of Change Conference, organizers tried something different. WFED\'s Amy Morris gets details from DeKalb County, Georgia\'s CIO, Darrell Black.
May 17, 2011 -
This is the fourth time GSA has done a major revamping of the capabilities of the government\'s portal. The agency views the changes to USA.gov as part of how innovations are changing government to solve challenges. Dave McClure proposes new website to bring together all the innovation efforts across government and share best practices.
May 17, 2011 -
The amount of money you must pay to your retirement fund could be going up. The 2012 budget proposal from House Republicans would require you to contribute 6 percent of your salaries. That\'s a jump of more than 5 percent.
May 16, 2011 -
Robert Blitzer was a special agent at the FBI for 26 years. He is now a Senior Fellow at ICF International.
May 16, 2011 -
The President\'s pay agent said federal employees should not receive locality pay adjustments in 2012, despite recommendations by the Federal Salary Council for an increase.
May 16, 2011 -
WFED\'s Jason Miller and Amy Morris update us on panels scheduled for Day 2 of the Management of Change conference
May 16, 2011 -
Commerce CIO Simon Szykman explains how the role of the bureau CIO is different from a department CIO.
May 16, 2011