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OPM’s James rallies GOP troops
At convention in New York, civil service chief makes a get-out-the-vote pitch to swing-state delegates.
Management
Active Management
Few government handbooks actually describe, with verbs, what managers can do to improve their agencies' performance.
Defense
For Boston’s federal workers, a quiet week
Calm prevails for 18,000 who had prepared for the worst with the Democratic convention in town.
Defense
Trained for mass casualties, emergency personnel encounter few problems
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paid for extra hazardous materials and mass casualty training for Boston’s EMTs and paramedics in preparation for the convention.
Management
Be a Micromanager
Tell employees what you expect of them, monitor their performance, provide feedback and reward or admonish them.
Defense
Surveillance cameras key to convention security efforts
The cameras help law enforcement agencies keep an eye on things inside and outside the convention hall, but raise privacy concerns.
Defense
In Boston, security goes to the dogs
Dozens of federal, state, and local canines help sniff out potential danger during convention week.
Defense
Convention security effort wins positive reviews
Delegates impressed with speed, thoroughness of Secret Service/TSA screening efforts at checkpoints outside Boston's FleetCenter.
Defense
Security forces set up 'hard zone' at Democratic convention
Secret Service hosts a Multi-Agency Communications Center with more than 70 representatives of 40 government agencies and private firms.
Defense
Secret Service agent is man behind convention security curtain
Special Agent Scott Sheafe has spent 13 months in Boston overseeing security preparations for the first post-9/11 political convention.
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