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The human side of developing integrated electronic health records
Human processes, not technology, will be the biggest challenge in building the Defense-VA system.
Defense
Navy revamps sexual assault training
New policy requires personnel to complete program by the end of the year.
Management
The incredible shrinking American government
Federal agencies lost 52,000 jobs in the past year; local governments felt even more pain.
Defense
Homeland Security chief talks cyberthreats, immigration, and baseball
Aviation and computer security are two areas that keep Janet Napolitano up at night.
Defense
Analysis: Educating the brass
The nation’s elite defense universities could be losing their shine.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog slowly shrinks
OPM continues to steadily chip away at the pileup, but retirees are still frustrated.
Pay & Benefits
VA temporarily halts employee pay downgrades
Decision comes less than a month after protest.
Management
The price tag for a proposal to root out program duplication: $100 million
Cost of requiring agencies to track all programs would not be offset by any revenues, CBO says.
Tech
Military exceeds BRAC cost projections in relocating geospatial agency
GAO faults communication in $1.4 billion overrun.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies dish out more in student loan repayments
Report on 2010 spending finds the benefit helped with recruitment and retention.
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Air Force plans ‘see-and-avoid’ system for drones
System of sensors and software will help pilots avoid collisions.
Management
Programs for disabled job seekers are fragmented, repetitive, GAO finds
At least nine agencies provide related offerings , watchdog says.
Management
Washington agencies to return to normal operating procedures on Friday
That means an end to the unscheduled leave and telework policy that has been in effect since severe storms hit last week.
Management
Their Perception Is Your Reality Revisited
How people perceive you is as important as anything.
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FBI cyber posse goes back to school
The bureau hires the SANS Institute to teach ‘metasploit kung fu’ and other essential skills.
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Pentagon seeks to expand Afghan drone operations
The military wants to reprogram $94.2 million to expand the use of ScanEagle aircraft.
Management
No criminal charges for former Commerce secretary after traffic accidents
John Bryson suffered a seizure while driving.
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