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A study finds bosses overestimate their managing skills, The Wall Street Journal reports.
November 03, 2010 -
The Army has filled two of its highest acquisition jobs. Heidi Shyu has been appointed principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology. Scott Fish is its new chief scientist.
November 03, 2010 -
Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief at Government Executive Magazine, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the administration\'s progress in management reform.
November 02, 2010 -
The White House is offering a peek into its plans for the coming months as Barack Obama enters the third year of his presidency. Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients discussed the future at the Excellence in Government conference Monday.
November 02, 2010 -
The Wall Street Journal reports that about 20,000 Texas state employees are dumping their own trash in an effort to save the state an estimated $825,000 annually on labor costs. The program has the dual…
November 01, 2010 -
Can the process of earned value management help federal agencies? Some managers are trying it out. Dr. Young Hoon Kwak from George Washington University and Professor Frank Anbari of Drexel join us with the details of a new study on the topic.
November 01, 2010 -
OPM hosted a standing-room only training session to help agencies understand what the Executive Order to hire more people with disabilities calls for. OPM is developing new tools including a database of potentially qualified applicants and online training to help agencies bring more people with disabilities into the government.
November 01, 2010 -
A look into the 12 year modernization project at the IRS.
November 01, 2010 -
Andrew Krzmarzick writes in the GovLoop blog about how collaboration tools have changed the way that workers learn.
November 01, 2010 -
Quy Huy and Andrew Shipilov of business school INSEAD write in the Harvard Business Review that their studies found that social media use and community development should come from within an organization and not outsourced.
November 01, 2010 -
A pair of memos requires facilities worldwide to improve how they construct buildings to be more green and to use different light bulbs. The goal is to conserve energy, be environmentally responsible, and save taxpayer dollars.
November 01, 2010 -
The GSA Office of Small Business Utilization has turned to a small business for help understanding small business needs. Federal News Radio speaks with Jiyoung Park, GSA Associate Administrator for Small Business Utilization.November 2, 2010
October 29, 2010 -
October 27th, 2010 Representative Jim Langevin of Rhode Island and the Honorable Tom Davis discuss the reform of the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and the pending Congressional Cybersecurity bills.
October 29, 2010 -
Politico reports that contractors are preparing for bad news to business after the elections.
October 29, 2010 -
Howard K. Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator for the U.S. Energy Information Administration, discusses the agency\'s mission and its current hiring initiatives. October 29, 2010
October 29, 2010