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Obama Takes To LinkedIn Stage To Advance Jobs Agenda

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President Barack Obama took to the new media stage at LinkedIn in Silicon Valley this afternoon (Sept. 26) to speak to a studio and online audience about his $450 billion jobs proposal, signaling yet again the president’s knack for harnessing social media to take his message directly to the America public.

The electronic town hall was broadcast live via the White House while also being featured on LinkedIn’s website, along with a discussion thread called “Putting America Back to Work 2011,” hosted on LinkedIn’s website. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Cyber Intelligence: Does The U.S. Need A Cyber Intelligence Agency?

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Last week yet another call was heard for the need for increased efforts to identify, collect, analyze and disseminate cyber intelligence. This latest call was the result of a recent report that warned the U.S. must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline.

How many times does this have to be recommended and justified before we just get it done and done right? Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Todd Grams: Streamlining Veterans Services

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This is the seventh of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the management excellence medal, W. Todd Grams, acting assistant secretary for management and chief financial officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has long functioned as if it were three distinct business entities-health care, benefits and cemeteries-and never fully integrated its financial management, acquisition, human resources, capital investment and technology functions across the organization. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Moving Aggressively On Improper Payments

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This article was adapted from a blog posted on The White House Office of Management and Budget website by Deputy Director for Management and Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients.

The Washington Post ran a story Friday about an inspector general report that showed that from 2006 to 2010, the Office of Personnel Management paid $601 million to retirees who are dead. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM
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OPM Report: Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased Annuitants

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Charles Heurich: Finding Closure for Loved Ones

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This is the sixth of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the justice and law enforcement medal, Charles Heurich, Program Manager for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System at the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.

More than 20 years after her sister Paula Davis disappeared, Stephanie Clack went to a newly created federal website which matches missing-person cases with unidentified human remains, and quickly unraveled the disturbing mystery that for so long had haunted her family. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Feds@Work: Challenges Amid Beauty of Hawaii

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This article was originally published by FedInsider.

Imagine moving from a high-pressure, high-visibility federal job in the pressure cooker of Washington – to Hawaii. No more need to wear a suit and tie on humid, 99-degree Capitol summer days. Less bureaucracy, less regulation for procurement, faster new technology deployment. A dream job, no? Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Chairman of Joint Chiefs Says Doomsday Cut Would ‘Break’ Military

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Washington: The outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pulled no punches during his last week on the job, saying today that the across-the-board defense cuts under the so-called “doomsday” scenario will break the military.

For the first time, Adm. Mike Mullen said this afternoon that if the Super Committee set up by the White House is forced to cut any more from national security coffers, the military simply would not survive. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Outrage Over $16 Muffin Was Half Baked

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The news this week that the Justice Department had been caught spending $16 a piece for breakfast muffins and $8 for a cup of coffee for employees attending a conference in Washington two years ago was as stunning for its apparent extravagance as it was for the avalanche of criticism that quickly followed.

Within hours after The Washington Post, among other media outlets, pronounced word of the offense in a front page story Wednesday, based on a Justice Department auditor’s report, President Obama and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew had ordered federal agencies to conduct a thorough review of how taxpayer dollars are being spent on conferences. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 7:44 AM

Illness Tracking: Real-Time Infection Information Would Improve Patient Care

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I read a News Story- Report: Illness Tracking is Faulty, Express Newspaper, September 20, 2011 (page 8), that concluded that real-time infection information would improve patient care.

It said: Doctors rarely know what bugs are brewing in the neighborhood until their waiting rooms start to fill. Harvard University researchers report Monday that getting real-time information on nearby infections could improve patient care – for strep throat alone, potentially helping tens of thousands avoid either a delayed diagnosis or getting antibiotics they didn’t need. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 7:08 AM
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