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RSS agenciesData Warehousing in the Federal Government: Agencies Integrate Heterogeneous Information Repositories to Support Strategic Decisions
White Paper As federal agencies struggle to balance the competing goals of running lean, cost-effective organizations and providing a wider range of services to internal and external constituencies, government end-users and IT professionals are relying more... [30 Aug 2005]
Human Capital: Agencies Need Leadership and the Supporting Infrastructure to Take Advantage of New Flexibilities
White Paper Strategic human capital is the centerpiece of agencies' efforts to transform into high-performing organizations poised to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Congress, recognizing that the federal human capital management systems designed in... [25 May 2005]
Human Capital: Agencies Need Leadership and the Supporting Infrastructure to Take Advantage of New Flexibilities
Strategic human capital is the centerpiece of agencies' efforts to transform into high-performing organizations poised to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Congress, recognizing that the federal human capital management systems designed in... [25 May 2005]
Agencies Make Better Grant Management Decisions With BI
White Paper The Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 and the President's Management Agenda (PMA) require agencies to improve performance and demonstrate the effectiveness of federal grant programs in delivering on services to the... [30 Aug 2005]
Financial Management: Agencies Face Many Challenges in Meeting the Goals of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
White Paper This paper discusses problems with agencies' systems that prevent them from meeting the expectations of FFMIA, how agencies are able to receive a "clean" (unqualified) audit opinion on their financial statements even though their financial systems... [17 Jun 2005]
Border Security: Agencies Need to Better Coordinate Their Strategies and Operations on Federal Lands
White Paper This GAO report discusses border-related law enforcement challenges for land management agencies in Arizona and Washington, resources land management agencies have received to address these challenges, and how the Border Patrol and land management... [21 Dec 2004]
Information Security: Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing Effective Software Patch Management Processes
White Paper This paper discusses patch management and steps that agencies can take to mitigate information security risks resulting from software vulnerabilities. Several automated tools and services are available to assist agencies in performing patch... [30 Aug 2005]
Information Overload: Awash in Content, Strapped Agencies Can Still Rapidly Deploy, Manage Dynamic Websites
White Paper That's why content management applications - comprehensive software designed to help agencies deal effectively and appropriately with the growing torrent of Web-based information - are becoming key to effective government portal strategies. [03 Jul 2008]
Human Capital: Selected Agencies' Experiences and Lessons Learned in Designing Training and Development Programs
White Paper Federal agencies are faced with the need to invest resources wisely to ensure that their employees possess the information, skills, and competencies required to carry out their work successfully. The examples provided in this paper may help to... [25 May 2005]
A Resilient Network That Can Operate Under Duress: To Support Communication Between Government Agencies During Crisis Situations
White Paper The work in this paper is motivated by the weaknesses in communication networks that were observed among government agencies while responding to the emergency situation posed by the attack on the World Trade Center. [30 Aug 2005]
Open Access: How Federal Agencies Can Create Reading-Friendly Web Sites
White Paper Federal agencies have since made great progress in complying with the law, but several recent studies point out that in their zeal to get services online quickly, many are overlooking a less obvious segment of the population: Americans who read at... [30 Aug 2005]
Human Capital: Increasing Agencies' Use of New Hiring Flexibilities
Although Congress, OPM, and agencies have all undertaken efforts to help improve the federal hiring process, agencies report they are making limited use of the new hiring flexibilities: category rating and direct hire. [25 May 2005]
Get Tough: Ruggedized Notebooks Offer Cost-Effective Mobile Computing for a Wide Wange of Government Agencies
White Paper For many government agencies, the affordable ruggedized notebooks give new meaning to the saying: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going. The HP Rugged Notebook nr3600s illustrate just how rugged the concept has become: The new units... [30 Aug 2005]
Human Capital: Increasing Agencies' Use of New Hiring Flexibilities
White Paper Although Congress, OPM, and agencies have all undertaken efforts to help improve the federal hiring process, agencies report they are making limited use of the new hiring flexibilities: category rating and direct hire. [25 May 2005]
Human Capital: Additional Collaboration Between OPM and Agencies Is Key to Improved Federal Hiring
White Paper Congress, OPM, and agencies recognize that federal hiring has needed reform, and they have undertaken various efforts to do so. In particular, Congress has provided agencies with additional hiring flexibilities, OPM has taken significant steps to... [25 May 2005]
