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The plan — and you can read all the documents here — essentially creates an uber-USDA \"Departmental Administration\" that includes most of the management functions — procurement, IT, HR, finance and budget — all under one umbrella.
October 21, 2009 -
The federal government is losing another of its rising stars — but only the larger goal of public service. Earlier, we told you that GovLoop — the burgeoning online government-focused collaboration platform that describes itself…
October 18, 2009 -
Agriculture Secretary Thomas Thomas J. Vilsack last week rolled out a major management reorganization of the agency that downgrades the roles of the USDA chief information officer and chief financial officer. As part of the…
October 17, 2009 -
The WSJ Monday featured a special technology section… and the lead story was about the end of e-mail. Why Email No Longer Rules… [WSJ, Oct. 12, 2009] And what that means for the way we…
October 13, 2009 -
When members of Congress weigh in on cybersecurity, do they know what they\'re talking about? How about the use of technology in government? Some of the top names in the federal government on both these topics were questioned on Congressional expertise by Federal News Radio during recent conferences and news events.
October 12, 2009 -
We reported earlier about the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s decision to shut down the Web based e-mail system that was one of the intel community’s Intellipedia collaboration suite of tools. I am…
October 08, 2009 -
It is a story that has been generating a lot of buzz — I have been trying to nail it down for a few days — and I give a lot of credit to MarcAmbinder,…
October 07, 2009 -
Hughes Network Systems is trying to help the federal government increase its telework presence. They’re working with federal agencies, like the Office of Personnel Management, to provide a secure broadband service in the hopes of…
October 06, 2009 -
Two names in the government IT community have found new homes. Charles “Chuck” Christopherson Jr., the former chief information officer and chief financial officer at the Agriculture Department, has joined SAP as senior vice president…
October 06, 2009 -
EDITOR’S NOTE: This item was updated with a correction on Oct. 7, 2009 at 9:25a ET. We told you about those scandalous IG reports on the Department of Veterans Affairs CIO organization that showed former…
October 06, 2009 -
The buzz around town for the past few days is the announcement that GovLoop, the “Facebook for feds,” has a new home — with GovDelivery, a Minnesota-based company that specializes in helping agencies communicate with…
October 05, 2009 -
The DorobekInsider told you that Daniel I. Gordon would be nominated as the administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy — and soon — and it is now official. UPDATE: Hear Harvard Kennedy School…
October 02, 2009 -
The DorobekInsider told you first this week that the White House was going to announce — soon — that Daniel Gordon [PDF], the deputy general counsel for the Government Accountability Office, would be nominated to…
October 02, 2009 -
There still are two more weeks to send ideas to OMB to win the SAVE Award. OMB also is kicking off a physical fitness challenge to its employees to see who walks the most. The winner will have lunch with Director Orszag.
October 01, 2009 -
There is a growing mini-debate going on among the gov 2.0 community: Is it “social media” or is it… something else. There are options, but… first off, why should be the term “social media” be…
September 28, 2009