Unclogging the clearance pipeline
Facing a shortage of workers with security clearances, agencies have been forced to find new ways to deal with the backlog

Disaster pain relievers
6 technologies are transforming government continuity-of-operations plans. Can they help you?

• Read the first part of FCW's two-part series on continuity of operations, "Rainy-day lessons about resiliency."

Buzz of the Week

Coast Guard boots lead integrator
The agency's decision to take back control of troubled project could be a bellwether

Partners get ready for IWN

Administration's inaction forces action

Circuit

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• Read the House Homeland Security Committee's DHS report card, "The state of homeland security 2007: An annual report card on the Department of Homeland Security"

Editorial: Relishing the spotlight

• Read Clinton's speech on government
  reform.

Don't blame the IG

• Read Steve Kelman's column about IGs.

Pachter: Please, no more scare talk

DHS pay plan: Deal or no deal
Bill would repeal department’s authorization for a pay-for-performance system

GAO aces recruiting test

Tech outpaces Section 508 standards

In pursuit of consolidation
Michigan’s data centers were vulnerable, but not all managers welcomed consolidation

Clinton assails outsourcing
Presidential contender vows to bring greater accountability to government operations

GSA seeks encryption deal

Procurement briefs

• Read GSA’s request for information about information sharing.
  (Source: Federal Business Opportunities)
• Check out the submission guidance and registration forms related to DARPA’s RFI.
  (Source: DARPA)
• Find more submission guidance and registration forms related to DARPA’s RFI.
  (Source: DARPA)

Can metrics persuade holdouts?
OMB hopes performance measures will make the case for using shared-service providers

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The move toward blogging

Energy IG report raises more security concerns

• Read the IG report on disposing of computers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  (Source: Energy Department)
  
  

Buzz of the Week

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Letters

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Community.gov

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