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• Dec 14, 2007

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FEATURES

2007 in review
A look back at 2007 in the pages of Federal Computer Week

California’s self-improvement project
The California Performance Review has faded from the headlines, but on the front lines, it’s a different story

• Read FCW’s August 2004 article about the California Performance Review.


• Visit the California Performance Review Web site.

Want to come home again?
Once retired, then rehired, some feds return to their former agencies to pass on their program knowledge

NEWS

Buzz of the Week: Re-prioritizing security

Most fed data is un-Googleable
After five years, a major E-Gov Act provision goes unmet because of search problems

• Read the Center for Democracy and Technology report.

OPM is gaga over Google

Showing everybody the money

With Internet gateways, less is more

Circuit

• Read about the 2007 class of Rising Star award winners here.


• Nominate someone for a Federal 100 award at www.fcw.com/ fed100.


• In the coming weeks, the FCW Insider blog will present some insights from people who have been Federal 100 judges.
  

COMMENT

Editorial: New Year’s resolutions
The government has a real opportunity to marry the experience of age with the new thoughts, ideas and energy of a younger workforce.

• Nominate someone for a 2008 Federal 100 award.

Kelman: Too many contractors?

• Read the Forum piece that spawned this column: FCW Forum: Do agencies rely too much on contractors?


• Read the FCW Forum.


• Read Kelman's blog, The Lectern.

Sprehe: Foolish secrecy

Welles: All work and no play

• Read Welles' blog, Get a Life!

MANAGEMENT

Hot or not: Not a case of business as usual
Some CIOs gained new authorities, but not all gaines offset the challenges facing managers

• Web extra: Hot or Not: A matter of authority

Intel’s wiki pied piper

• Check out FCW's special report on Intellipedians here.

Groups want deference to veterans preference

TECHNOLOGY

Hot or not: With tech, there’s always change
New technologies kept federal managers from falling into any routine

• Web extra: Endpoint security gets a boost

PROCUREMENT

Hot or not: Acquisition was a hot spot
Agencies built a foundation for improving workforce skills and contracting practices

POLICY

Hot or not: Congress failed to make a mark
But policies for better information sharing and e-discovery were positive advances

FLIPSIDE

We've got it covered
FCW reflects on the year through its covers.

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