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Aliya Sternstein

Senior Correspondent

Aliya Sternstein reports on cybersecurity and homeland security systems for Nextgov. She has covered technology for nine years at such publications as National Journal's TechnologyDaily, Federal Computer Week and Forbes. Before joining Government Executive, she covered agriculture and derivatives trading for Congressional Quarterly. She has been a guest commentator on C-SPAN, WTOP and Federal News Radio. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Sotomayor Restricted FBI Gag on ISPs

May 27, 2009 Just this winter, Supreme Court pick Sonia Sotomayor was part of a unanimous court decision that limited the use of the 2001 Patriot Act to silence Internet service providers who are contacted by federal authorities for customer phone and Internet records. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, ...

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From Nextgov.com: New media advocates see cracks in Obama's open government push

May 27, 2009 President Obama was criticized during the presidential campaign for promoting himself as a community organizer. It could be even harder to prove he's an online community organizer in executing his open government project, say new media advocates outside of Washington. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.

New media advocates see cracks in Obama's open government push

May 27, 2009 President Obama was criticized during the presidential campaign for promoting himself as a community organizer. It could be even harder to prove he's an online community organizer in executing his open government project, say new media advocates outside of Washington. "The Beltway seems to have caught the transparency bug, but ...

Administration looks to attract venture capital to gov contracting

May 26, 2009 "We're looking at the procurement process to make sure we're able to tap into some of the best ideas," Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said.Mid-Atlantic Venture Association The Obama administration is reviewing the government procurement process to better position innovative startup companies to compete for technology contracts, said Vivek Kundra, the ...

WhiteHouse.gov's Misplaced Speeches

May 22, 2009 As the Beltway transparency movement cheers on President Obama's open government initiative, some Washington watchdogs say the arguably admirable feat overlooks important aspects of public disclosure. On Thursday, the White House Web site unveiled plans for involving Internet users in crafting a directive to create a more transparent and participatory ...

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White House launches open government initiative

May 21, 2009 The administration launched a long-awaited open government initiative on Thursday, which included facelifts to federal Web sites, and garnered encouraging reviews from government transparency activists. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.

Information services firms see potential business in derivatives market reporting

May 21, 2009 Some information services companies are optimistic that recent proposals by the Treasury Department to increase transparency in risky derivatives markets will open up new business for them. Derivatives, financial contracts whose value is based on other underlying assets, are largely unregulated and have been blamed for contributing to the nation's ...

White House launches open government initiative

May 21, 2009 The administration launched a long-awaited open government initiative on Thursday, which included facelifts to federal Web sites, and garnered encouraging reviews from government transparency activists. Details of the plan, which was first announced the day after President Obama took office, included three phases of public participation via cyberspace, e-mail and ...

Obama Opens O-Government

May 20, 2009 The day that recommendations for a more open government are due to the president, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) plans to file a request for public input, prompting questions galore. Months ago, President Obama asked department heads to compile recommendations for an open government directive ...

Congress and the CTO

May 19, 2009 Federal Chief Technology Officer nominee Aneesh Chopra garnered little attention from lawmakers examining his and other presidential appointments on Tuesday, raising the question: How important is the first-ever federal CTO? The only substantive question for Chopra came from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who asked about his plans for telemedicine, or ...