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January 9, 2007

STUDY FINDS MAJOR OBSTACLES TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT REFORM
One of the most difficult tasks facing federal managers is how to gain a perspective or overview on the numerous personnel recommendations flowing from the Bush administration and the Congress in the post-9/11 era.

OTHERWISE ENGAGED: WEB SITE HELPS GROOM YOUNG FEDS
Faced with a likely wave of retirements in the next five to 10 years, agency executives are under pressure to find ways of keeping young federal workers engaged and groom them for management positions.

GSA MOVES POLICY, CONGRESSIONAL FUNCTIONS UNDER NEW OFFICE
GSA last month officially moved its Office of Governmentwide Policy and its Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs under a new umbrella office.

DISCOVER WHAT EMPLOYEES REALLY WANT — AND THEN LEARN HOW TO GIVE IT TO THEM
Are you a natural “people person”? Only a few managers are.

IRS’S SMOTER LIKES STAYING ON THE CUTTING EDGE
At the IRS, Susan Smoter, director of Internet development services at the IRS’ Electronic Tax Administration, is a favorite boss.

DOD UNDERSECRETARY ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
Stephen A. Cambone, three years after becoming the Defense Department’s first undersecretary of intelligence, has announced he will resign at the end of the month.