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Border Security: Agencies Need to Better Coordinate Their Strategies and Operations on Federal Lands
White Papers 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...
[December 22, 2004, 2:00]
Agencies Make Better Grant Management Decisions With BI
White Papers 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...
[August 30, 2005, 3:00]
Financial Management: Agencies Face Many Challenges in Meeting the Goals of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
White Papers 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...
[June 17, 2005, 3:00]
Human Capital: Agencies Need Leadership and the Supporting Infrastructure to Take Advantage of New Flexibilities
White Papers 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...
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Competitive Sourcing: Implementation Will Be Challenging for Federal Agencies
White Papers This paper focuses on how the new Circular addresses the Panel's recommendations reported in April 2002, the challenges agencies may face in implementing the new Circular A-76, and the need for effective workforce practices to help ensure the...
[May 31, 2005, 3:00]
Information Security: Status of Federal Public Key Infrastructure Activities at Major Federal Departments and Agencies
White Papers This report discusses the status of federal PKI activities, including initiatives planned or under way at 24 major federal departments and agencies, as well as the status and planned activities of the Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA...
[December 22, 2004, 2:00]
Adaptive Network Security for Government Agencies
White Papers Due to the 2002 Federal Security Management Act (FISMA), many federal agencies are faced with significant requirements to protect information and information systems. And for good reason: in 2003, more than 1.4 million cybersecurity incidents were...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
Testing Conflicts of Interest at Bond Rating Agencies With Market Anticipation: Evidence That Reputation Incentives Dominate
White Papers This paper presents the first comprehensive test of whether well-known conflicts of interest at bond rating agencies importantly influence their actions. This hypothesis is tested against the alternative that rating agency actions are primarily...
[June 22, 2005, 3:00]
Secure Mobile Broadband for State and Local Government Agencies Connecting Legacy Networks With a Secure Mobile IP WAN
White Papers The federal government is considering a dedicated, integrated communications system for multiple government agencies. This paper summarizes the strict network requirements needed to secure mobile broadband access for state and local government...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
An e-Government Cooperative Framework for Government Agencies
White Papers This paper presents an e-Government Framework that allows the cooperation among applications of different Government Agencies in order to supply new added value services (Event of life services) tailored to citizens and business needs.
[July 14, 2005, 6:00]
Supercharging the Employment Agency: An Investigation of the Use of Information and Communication Technology to Improve the Service of State Employment Agencies
White Papers This report determines critical challenges facing state employment agencies with regard to their use of communications and information technologies and identifies current best practices that address these challenges.
[December 28, 2004, 2:00]
Collaborative Governance: The Role of Collaboration Technologies in Supporting the Homeland Security Mission of Justice and Public Safety Agencies
White Papers The Homeland Security mission represents an extraordinarily complex challenge for justice and public safety agencies seeking to implement a national strategy for identifying, preventing and responding to potential threats.
[January 13, 2006, 23:00]
Cognos Business Intelligence Software Arms Agencies for Today's Challenges
White Papers Agencies at all levels are drowning in files and database entries. The problem with most government operations is not a lack of data, but how to use it. The problems in decision-making are lack of coordination, too much information, difficulty to...
[October 17, 2008, 1:21]
Universal Motors Agencies Chooses Internet Security Systems as Its Strategic Security Partner
White Papers Universal Motors Agencies (UMA) is one of the newest and most prestigious General Motors dealerships in the Middle East. Due to international ISO security regulations, UMA needed to protect its entire IT infrastructure with security products across...
[April 9, 2009, 1:22]
Human Capital: Effective Use of Flexibilities Can Assist Agencies in Managing Their Workforces
White Papers The insufficient and ineffective use of flexibilities can significantly hinder the ability of federal agencies to recruit, hire, retain, and manage their human capital. To deal with their human capital challenges, it is important for agencies to...
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Human Capital: Increasing Agencies' Use of New Hiring Flexibilities
White Papers 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.
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Secure Enterprise Content Management for Government Agencies
White Papers For example, government regulations require US federal agencies to conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment for public facing IT systems and to integrate IT security into the enterprise architecture. Data security and privacy are critical issues for...
[July 18, 2008, 1:18]
Human Capital: Additional Collaboration Between OPM and Agencies Is Key to Improved Federal Hiring
White Papers 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...
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Rogue Letting Agencies in London
Talkback Reputable internet listing sites do not accept adverts from agencies that charge prospective tenants upfront fees before they've secured them accommodation. It is an unethical practice for agencies like Interlet to bill tenants a large admin fee...
[September 25, 2007, 12:52]
Web Services Help Law Enforcement Agencies Share Critical Information in Real Time
White Papers The King County Police Chiefs Association of Washington State wanted to find a way to overcome the record management system incompatibilities that prevented different law enforcement agencies in the county from sharing important information about...
[June 11, 2004, 0:00]
