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NRC Predicts Federal Facilities Brain Drain, Suggests Solutions
The future of federal facilities asset management will be adversely affected by job cuts and hiring freezes – as well as loss of experience workers through retirement – according to findings from the National Research Council (NRC). The solution lies in revising job classification requirements to better align workforce skill sets with new technologies and business practices.

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Performance Improvement Order Gets Mixed Reaction
On November 13, 2007, President Bush signed Executive Order 13450: Improving Government Program Performance (EO 13450). Is this latest order a way to ensure measurable improvements to agency programs, or a means of extending the current administration’s influence into the next President’s term of office?