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Federal contractor scrutiny on the rise
Justice's decision to join the False Claims Act lawsuit against Oracle is another signal that vendors are facing more oversight.
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Free IT Strategy Guides from HP and Intel
Read strategy guides that explain the challenges and an approach to branch office consolidation for local governments and/or public safety organizations.
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Zients to serve as OMB acting director
Jeffrey Zients has been chosen to serve as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget until a new director is confirmed.
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Senator hopes to bridge feds foreign language gap
A Senate panel probes the government's continued foreign language deficiencies. The Government Accountability Office finds limited progress across several agencies.
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State hopes technology will better secure passport process
GAO found significant success in obtaining passports using fraudulent documents in the second investigation in two years.
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DFAS feds remain suspended without pay
A dozen Defense Department workers jobs are at risk, allegedly because of their bad credit ratings. AFGE Vice President, Arnold Scott, says DoD isn't playing fair.
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SBA to name new HUBZone director
Grande Lum will lead a program that has been plagued by fraud and abuse. GAO successfully received HUBZone certifications for three bogus firms in sting operation.
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OMB's Orszag touts administration's gains
Now set to conclude his tenure as director of the Office of Management and Budget this Friday, Peter Orszag appraised his 18 months in the job.
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Judge bars parts of Arizona immigration law
A federal judge on Wednesday barred the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law
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OMB calls for review of all IT projects
Federal CIO Kundra wants agencies to submit a list of all their at-risk IT projects by Aug. 23. OMB will choose as many as 30 of the most problematic ones to undergo TechStat sessions.
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Viewpoint: Where to draw the line on texting
When does a public employee have a reasonable expectation of privacy in communications sent using an agency's equipment? That was the question many cities and counties were hoping the U.S.
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NIST seen as epicenter for cybersecurity
A provision in the Commerce, Justice, State appropriations bill could give NIST a larger role in protecting federal and civilian computer networks.
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Bell, Calif., mayor apologizes for salary controversy
Beset by a controversy over unusually high wages paid to some former employees, the mayor of Bell, Calif., has apologized to residents and agreed not to run for reelection.
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Head of Capitol Visitors Center fired
The CVC's CEO has been let go after nearly three years on the job
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Illinois increases penalties for false 911 calls
Making false calls to 911 is a crime, and, now, that crime carries stricter penalties in Illinois.
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He's truly off the reservation
Lima, Ohio, resident William Bowersock has learned that he is, in fact, off the reservation.
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Commerce solidifies security of Internet
Commerce and several partners are ready to launch the Domain Name System Security Extensions that is expected to enhance Internet security and stability.
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NARA declassifies 8 million pages
The newly-created National Declassification Center has processed and published 2% of the documents it is tasked with releasing.
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Newark, N.J., makes drastic budget cuts, including toilet paper
A $70 million budget shortfall is going to cause additional discomfort for Newark, N.J., employees
: the city is cutting out toilet paper for city hall bathrooms.
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SIGIR: Defense can't account for $8.7 billion
A report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction shows that insufficient accounting procedures has left DoD unable to account for 96% of the funding it received from the Development F
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NIST replaces translators with smart phones
NIST scientists are currently testing smart phone-based technology to translate information between English and key languages that are short on human translators.
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New security prescription at Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun implementing program changes designed to increase security and enhance the experience of its patients.
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Google first to get FISMA certification for cloud apps
One of the largest companies in information technology, Google, is now the first to market with cloud computing applications for government.
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Shortfalls force counties to cut back
Police, sheriff and fire personnel are no longer immune from budget-related cuts, according to a new survey by the Washington-based National Association of Counties (NACo).
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Tennessee county installs solar farm at detention facility
A new solar farm will soon enable Knox County, Tenn., officials to harvest sunshine to heat water at the county's 1,036-bed detention facility.
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EPA seeks input on stormwater rule, presentations for brownfields conference
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OPM Director hits dunk tank for good cause
Energy announces plans to host officials from several federal agencies to raise awareness and donations for the July collection of the "Feds Feed Families" nationwide food drive.
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Power outage closes multiple NIH facilities
Power outages affecting workers at the National Institutes of Health; The main campus is open, but several satellite locations are closed for non-essential workers.
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Document classification system under review
In the government, it's said that nothing has more endurance, or lasts longer than a document stamped "top secret".
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Cars for a cause
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Which agency has the best food/cafeteria?
Federal News Radio kicks off our Best of the Federal Government series by asking you which agency you think has the best food/cafeteria options. Nominate an agency now!
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From pizza to pump: TSA job ads go viral
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NARA declassification chief tackles backlog
For years, a huge backlog of government agency documents in need of declassification has piled up at the National Archives and Records Administration.
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NIST recommends new approach to cybersecurity
Ron Ross of the National Institute of Standards and Technology tells Federal News Radio's Jason Miller that NIST and other agencies are working together to develop more comprehensive risk management p
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Careless Census workers may lose Web privileges
Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau, says his office reimages 25-30 PCs each month because of irresponsible Web browsing.
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Senators express frustration with DHS Reviews
Almost a decade after the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, some lawmakers are deeply troubled by what they describe as the agency's ambiguous objectives and a lack of concrete progress
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Virtual tools near actual federal use
Let's face it, meetings are a necessary evil for the federal workforce. But what if you could use a collaboration tool that lets you participate digitally?
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Keys to designing secure facilities
A successful building site design plan requires a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates security into the project as early as possible to address life cycle, reduce costs and design an effect
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Careless Census workers may lose Web privileges
Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau, says his office reimages 25-30 PCs each month because of irresponsible Web browsing.
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New York ends police database of people they frisked
A new law has put an end to the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) practice of keeping a database of the personal information of everybody they have stopped and frisked, regardless of whether th
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He caught the bus
Perhaps 19-year-old Washington resident William Jackson was just trying to realize a childhood dream when, on July 9, he walked into the city's bus storage area wearing a bus operator's uniform and dr
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DHS outlines cybersecurity planning
The government's cybersecurity experts will be busy beefing up the government's IT security in coming months -- including the latest version of a well-known test of federal and private sector prepared
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DHS spreads full-body scanner capabilities
More of the flying public will be seen at more airports than ever before.
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GSA spearheads effort to green the supply chain
The General Services Administration is working to conform to a Presidential order mandating that companies who sell goods and services to the Federal government reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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FBI shuts down Sentinel, again
The FBI has again paused work on the deployment of a multi-million dollar case-management system called Sentinel.
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DHS completes Bottom-up Review
The Department of Homeland Security has completed the second phase of a long-term planning and review program.
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It's in the can
Roberta Thuman, administrative assistant/public information officer for Nags Head, N.C., took this photo of local artist Barry Lee stands with three trash cans painted by other Nags Head artists as pa
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Cool Jobs: NIST scientists deal with weighty issues daily
Most of us take for granted that medicines are usually dispensed in pills or capsules by the milligram and that a sack of flour or sugar is usually dispensed by the pound.
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American Water, EPA launch national ‘We’re for Water’ campaign
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