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The Office of Personnel Management and the Chief Human Council Officers council have provided guidelines to agencies for improving time-to-hire. The requirements will begin June 30.
April 21, 2011 -
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A new report finds the Pentagon used faulty data when it decided to relocate 6,400 Department of Defense workers from Crystal City to Alexandria\'s Mark Center as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act.
April 21, 2011 -
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As a result of Deepwater\'s failures, the Coast Guard has reformed the acquisitions management process. We talk with GAO\'s John Hutton about how that\'s going.
April 21, 2011 -
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White House is considering issuing an executive order that would require vendors to submit information about their political contributions as part of their bid proposal package. Industry associations say the proposal wouldn\'t keep political influence out of the acquisition process, but likely add it in. The administration claims the draft order is all about greater transparency and accountability.
April 21, 2011 -
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Former deputy defense secretary Rudy Deleon gives his take on the President\'s call for Defense to slash spending.
April 20, 2011 -
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DHS will launch a new two-tiered approach April 26 to alert the public if there is a real or imminent threat.
April 20, 2011 -
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The Pentagon\'s acquisition chief said Wednesday that Defense leaders would \"undoubtedly\" cut more major weapons systems, possibly as soon as next year. But undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter said there were more savings to be found in other areas of the Defense Department budget. Major weapons procurement makes up only one seventh of DoD\'s spending.
April 20, 2011 -
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Erin Pitera is the VP of Federal Management Partners and describes how the Navy was able to bring on much sought-after acquisition professionals.
April 20, 2011 -
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Neither of the two federal unions to represent 44,000 Transportation Security Agency employees received a majority of the vote. The election will go into a run-off in the next few weeks.
April 20, 2011 -
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The Government Printing Office has named Charles Riddle as the new chief information officer. Riddle brings a background in information technology and most recently worked at the Agriculture Department.
April 20, 2011 -
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The Federal Broadband Minute, provided by Hughes. \"Can your network save your agency money and still deliver bandwidth efficient service?\" The answer is yes and the savings are at the field office. Here\'s how: don\'t pay for high cost, dedicated access lines and MPLS ports for field office connectivity. Instead, call Hughes and get an affordable managed broadband service the benefits are huge. By replacing costly special access with affordable broadband, Hughes can save your agency up to $300 per month, per site multiply that by all your field offices and see the savings take off. Or…maybe you think your network should provide better service for the cost of what you already pay. Whether it\'s more savings or better quality, Hughes\' National Managed Broadband Service is the answer. And get a path diverse, back up solution for the same price as your primary network alone. Enable your government field office of the future from Hughes.
April 20, 2011 -
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The White House and congressional Republicans on Tuesday signaled a new willingness to work together to reach a long-term budget deal. We get the latest from The Hill\'s Erik Wasson.
April 20, 2011 -
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Security designs for the new Mark Center have been posted online. In a major breach of security, Defense officials admit a document describing the bomb-proofing security plans for the new Defense building were published on a public website for the Army Corps of Engineers.
April 20, 2011 -
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Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) sees a perfect storm in the future for federal employees and anyone else trying to commute through his district as a result of BRAC. He tells Federal News Radio he\'s at his wits\' end trying to avert a traffic disaster.
April 20, 2011
