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Feds remember Hurricane Katrina

Five years ago, the hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and feds arrived soon after to help with cleanup. Now an employee union wants to hear those stories.

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SBA names its minority small business person of the year

Patrick Hughes of Hughes Group LLC wins the Minority Small Business Person of the Year award from the Small Business Administration.

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GSA names chief financial officer

Alison Doone, currently the Internal Revenue Service's CFO, will assume the same position with the General Services Adminsistration.

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Technology is changing marching orders for Army leadership

Army leaders believe future military operations will increasingly rely on a dispersed, decentralized force. Now they need to know how to lead in that environment.

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Pentagon project seeks to streamline human-resource process

Defense Department officials are testing a new project on hiring and managing employees to change the process-oriented structure of personnel management.

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DOD, Army Corps of Engineers falter on subcontracting metrics

The two agencies fail to find a number of reports on whether prime contractors met their goals for awarding subcontracts.

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Unions fire back at Gates for insourcing about-face

The American Federation of Government Employees wants answers from Defense Secretary Robert Gates on how his plans to save DOD money will affect insourcing efforts and federal employees.

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Insourcing failed, DOD's Gates says. Now what?

Insourcing didn't bring in the savings that DOD officials had planned or hoped for, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

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Gates details plans to slash DOD budget

In his aggressive efforts to save money, Defense Secretary Gates is targeting a number of DOD offices and organizations, including one major command, IT infrastructure and several senior positions.

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Senators concerned about counterfeit military parts

Recent reports on counterfeit electronics and IT products show increases in the number of incidents and inadequate policies to deal with the problem.

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Arlington Cemetery: 19th-century technology in a 21st-century world

A Senator shows a former Arlington Cemetery official what's available to him today in technology.

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@Twitter: Two geeks, a life form and a TV show

Tweeted recently from inside GSA: TV show idea: Two geeky teens create an organic lifeform that oversees service delivery across federal government. Title: 'Weird Zients.'

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DOD ethics rule short on mitigation, industry complains

Proposal to combat organizational conflicts of interest offers few details on mitigation and leans strongly on avoidance, many industry commenters say.

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Officials put temptation in front of small businesses

When a company can certify itself as a particular type of business entitled to preferential treatment, it is a temptation that is hard to resist, according to one member of Congress.

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ODNI rebuts charge of government dependence on intell contractors

Reacting to a Washington Post series, the director of national intelligence said contractors are key but are not doing inherently governmental work.

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Agencies may have to abandon bureaucratese

Agencies may have to change their writing style because a new writing coach -- the law -- may soon arrive, blogger Matthew Weigelt writes.

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FBI veteran cleared to lead Transportation Security Administration

John Pistole brings more than 20 years of counterterrorism experience to TSA, blogger Mclatthew Weigelt writes.

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How to handle a congressional hearing

Two to-dos to prepare for a congressional hearing.

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DOD bills put focus on acquisition, insourcing

In their respective defense authorization bills, the House and Senate are attempting to end quotas and limit cost-comparison factors while strengthening acquisition processes.

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Interior to get new deputy CIO

Gross takes on a new role at the Interior Department, continuing the changes at the department, Matthew Weigelt writes.