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New OMB Requirements Halt NASA’s $1.5B Data Center Plans

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New Social Media Policy Balances Web 2.0 and Security, Says Price B. Floyd

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The new policy allowing access to social media from computers conn

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DorobekINSIDER: Disconnecting from the grid with the Blue Footed Booby

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Michelle Obama almost thanks 'President Clinton'

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First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton co-hosted the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards on Wednesday.

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Suspicious package near Treasury investigated

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By Clarence Williams in our Post Now Blog: Authorities responded near the Treasury building in Northwest Washington early Thursday after a woman reportedly dropped off a suspicious package, U.S.

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Healthcare IT Workgroup Tackles Privacy

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Group seeks to balance privacy concerns with a healthcare system that facilitates and enhances care.

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SBA Restarts Recovery Loan Approvals

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President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday extending the U.S.

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FDA Wants Web Control

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The Food and Drug Administration plans to control online prescription drug advertisements.

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Eye Opener: Threats against IRS workers continue

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Happy Wednesday! Threats against Internal Revenue Service workers and facilities continue to pour in following last month's plane crash at agency offices in Austin.

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State Passes First Bill Banning Mandatory Health Coverage

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Thirty-four state legislatures have either filed or proposed statutes or constitutional amendments rejecting health insurance mandates.

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FCC Contemplates Free WIFI

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The Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Julius Genachowski, mentioned that the agency is considering ways to offer free

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BLS responds to federal pay in the media

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has weighed in on a recent USA Today article that said federal employees, on average, earn more than their private sector counterparts in more than eight out of ten occu

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Court: Public Doesn't Have Right to Speak at Public Meetings

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Government meetings have to be open to the public, but that doesn't mean citizens have a right to speak at them, a Florida appeals court ruled.

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States Lead in Effects on American Life

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States can have more influence on American lives in issues such as same sex marriage, medical marijuana, renewable energy, gambling, immigration and more, because state legislators get along in way

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States Bring Social Networking Tools to Schools

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Michigan's forthcoming Web-based platform that will help students and their families make college and career connections might initially sound like another Facebook knockoff.

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OMB's Zients touts better hiring, retention of feds

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The White House Chief Performance Officer, and Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, speaks to the National Treasury Employees Union legislative conference about the r

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GSA ready to move on to non-Networx work

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Agency issues draft RFP for Connections II follow-on contract to help the government transition more quickly to the new telecommunications vehicle.

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Teachers' Union Biggest Political Spender

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The California Teachers Association has spent more than $200 million on campaign contributions and lobbying efforts in the last decade, leading what the Fair Political Practices Commission calls a

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County Supervisors Spend Millions on Pet Projects

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As Los Angeles County supervisors prepare to carve deeply into everything from public safety to social services, they also are spending millions in taxpayer dollars to burnish their public images,

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Senate Passes $140 Billion in Tax Breaks, Aid to Unemployed

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The Senate approved a $140 billion package of tax breaks and aid to the unemployed, the most substantial effort by the chamber to boost the nation's economy since it passed the stimulus bill last y

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You Work Here? You Must Live Here

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If New Jersey taxpayers fund your paychecks, you ought to live in the Garden State, too.

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Unemployment Tops 20 Percent in Eight Counties

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New county-by-county figures released by the state showed that in eight counties, more than 1 in 5 people were out of work.

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State High Court to Consider Body-Armor Law

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The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear a prosecution appeal of a ruling throwing out a state law that bans anyone who has been convicted of a violent felony from owning body

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House Bans Earmarks to For-Profit Companies

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Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which woul

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Candidate for Governor Delays Fight

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner is now about 30 points behind Meg Whitman, the former EBay chief, in mainstream polls with three months to go until the primary election that will d

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City to Sell Water and Sewer Utilities in $1.9 Billion Deal

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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and other city officials announced their plans to move forward on a sale of the city's water and sewer utilities in a $1.9 billion transaction.

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Governor Calls for Raising Income Tax

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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called for a one percentage point increase in the state income tax to fund education.

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Man Allegedly Sabotaged TSA Computers

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A former employee of the Transportation Security Administration has been indicted by the Denver federal grand jury for attempting to sabotage TSA computers that enable airport personnel to spot pot

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Legislature Debates Guns at Work

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Indiana soon could join at least 11 other states and allow residents to bring their guns to work, as long as they are stored out of sight in their cars.

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Pay and Benefits Watch: Beating the Backlog Blues

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Agencies that address federal workplace complaints try to stay on top of their caseloads.

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Cass Sunstein on the limits of open government

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Cass Sunstein, the Obama administration’s “regulatory czar,” gave a speech at the Brooking

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From Nextgov.com: FDA to regulate online drug promotions

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Pharmaceutical industry suggests letting companies Twitter about scientific news, creating an FDA seal of approval and linking to risk information.

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FDA to regulate online drug promotions

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Pharmaceutical industry suggests letting companies Twitter about scientific news, creating an FDA seal of approval and linking to risk information.

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Briefs: Edmonton, Alberta, Embraces Open Government; White House Mulls Contest Platform

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Hacker targets Massachusetts city; Columbia, Mo., seeks Google broadband.

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States Bring Purpose-Driven Social Networking Tools to Schools

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Should a state spend $1.15 million on a Web-based portal designed to connect students, support college and career transitions?

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Microsoft Giving Free Technology Training to Thousands of Californians

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Elevate America program has distributed nearly a half million free vouchers for technology training since the initiative's inception in 2009.

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Millennials Ignore IT Use Policies

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Forty-five percent of Millennials worldwide say they use social networking Web sites at work, regardless of whether their organization or company prohibits their use, according to a new

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Legal issues hamper government intelligence database searches

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Law prohibits agencies responsible for foreign intelligence gathering from domestic spying.

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Clearing the Cache: What's that Saying About How Infrastructure Revitalization Begins at Home?

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Information handcuffs: Counterterrorism IT needs support from the top, Congress told

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Intelligence agencies face policy and privacy questions as they look to harness IT to fix problems identified after the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt.

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NASA launches mission simulator Web site

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NASA launches an online simulator that lets anybody pilot the space shuttle and view how space communications works.

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Burning Question: Does the Pentagon deserve an Oscar for Best Embedding Program?

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Official says success of "The Hurt Locker" at the Oscars validates program to embed journalists in military units.

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Minnesota's First District Has a Homework Assignment: Judging Earmarks

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If you've heard of Tim Walz, and you're not a Minnesotan, there's a good chance that it's because he's the geography teacher-turned-member of Congress whose clas

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Legal issues hamper searches of intelligence databases

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Main obstacles to sifting and matching information on suspected terrorists are policy and privacy related, as opposed to technological, officials testify.

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House passes bill to preserve pay for furloughed Transportation workers

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Employees would get normal salary rates and benefits for days lost after highway funding stalled in Congress.

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White House memo: Public contests can drive innovation

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The Obama administration plans to provide agencies with a Web platform for conducting public challenges.

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US Transportation Command Launches Facebook and Twitter Pages

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DoD Deputy Secretary William Lynn

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Time to Get Going

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Robert Rodriguez, founder of the Security Innovation Network, talks about the imperative to for government and business to collaborate in speeding innovative cybersecurity technology to market.

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FDA: Airport scanners are safe

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Commissioner says level of radiation is "minimal."

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VA chief pledges acquisition streamlining

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Eric Shinseki seeks authority to centralize purchasing and to create new senior-level positions to oversee acquisition.

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