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We're getting a server upgrade this afternoon so FedBlog will be static for a little bit. If you don't see a comment posted, or are wondering why we're not updating, that's why. We should be fine later this evening and back on a normal schedule tomorrow.

If your Monday's off to a slow start, just a head's up that I'll be on Federal News Radio (1500 AM for those of you in the Washington area, or streaming live from their website) between 11 and 12 on Thursday at noon. Taping now.

Okay, well, maybe it is. This is -- sniff -- my final post filling in for Alyssa here at FedBlog. There's so much still to cover! For example: What does it mean that Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who will be leading a Senate subcommittee auditing Defense spending, is an avid and prolific Twitterer? Who will, ultimately, take the helm at Commerce? What, exactly, are Janet Napolitano's plans for DHS? The world may never know! Okay, they will. But I won't get to blog about it!

Anyway: Not to get all Sally Field on you good folks, but a few thanks are in order. Thanks to my wonderful co-blogger, Elizabeth Newell, for being, well, wonderful. Thanks to Alyssa and to Tom Shoop for so graciously lending me this space and your eyeballs for a week and, frankly, letting me say just about whatever I want. Thanks to Svetlania Wiczer for keeping the technical wheels turning behind the scenes. And finally, thanks, of course, to all of you for reading, commenting, and prodding me to think differently and more carefully about issues than I had before. It was truly a fun and gratifying experience.

Now, I'll return to my also-very-cool day job at the National Academy of Public Administration, and more specifically, the Collaboration Project, where we're helping to bring government into the Web 2.0 era if it's the last thing we do. (Also, in case I didn't mention this, my opinions are not necessarily those of my employer.) If you're truly a glutton for punishment, you can also follow me on Twitter at dan_munz; it's a fairly random mix of political observation, miscellany, amusing links, and personal administrivia. (What'd you expect in 140 characters?)

Thanks again for having me -- it's been a blast.

As regular readers of Fedblog have no doubt noticed by now, Alyssa Rosenberg has established herself as a presence on the blog in recent weeks. Now she’s going to step out on her own full-time.

Alyssa covers human resources and pay and benefits issues for Government Executive, and will continue to do so. Her blogging efforts will focus on those issues as well, but also will range into other areas of the federal scene, keeping you apprised of breaking news and developments our reporters are following from around the bureaucracy. She's already shown that she is keenly perceptive about goings-on in the federal arena -- and prolific to boot.

I may weigh in from time to time, and you'll continue to hear my voice around GovExec.com, but Fedblog is Alyssa’s from here on out.

Fedblog's off to the beach for a little R&R. I'll be back on the job Aug. 18.

I'm back, refreshed by a trip to the great American Midwest. I'll be back in the saddle shortly with some new items.

I'm off to the great state of Minnesota next week, so Fedblog's taking a little break. I'll be back in the saddle July 7.

Here's wishing everybody an early happy Fourth of July!

Fedblog is taking a little spring break. I'll return on Tuesday, April 1.

Maybe this will help explain why.

I'll try to get back on the ball soon.

Congratulations to H. Joan Ehrlich, director of the San Francisco District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She's been appointed chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Federal Executive Board. Ehrlich says she hopes to get agencies to focus on recruiting and promoting disabled persons during her one-year term.