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White House uses LinkedIn for policy discussion
The White House claims success in using its LinkedIn group to hold a members-only discussion on Wall Street reforms.
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Funding cuts could signal concerns for cloud computing
The Senate Appropriations Committee recently voted to reduce fiscal 2011 spending on key Obama administration information technology initiatives, including e-government and cloud computing.
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Campbell out as MHS CIO, Gates to close Defense CIO's office
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., also puts a hold on the nomination of Dr. Jonathan Woodson to be assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs.
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Agencies rush to replace aging satellite to predict damaging solar storms
The sun's activity, forecasted to peak in 2013, could knock out the backbone operating power lines, GPS and financial transactions.
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Travelers fee will help support electronic screening program
Part of the sum that Homeland Security collects from Visa Waiver Program will go toward an IT system for assessing security risks.
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FDA tightens reign on social media practices
Novartis cited for misuse of 'Facebook Share' widget.
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What About Countering Insider Threats?
It's a rule of thumb that insiders pose the greatest threat to classified information systems -- a rule sadly reinforced by the public release of 91,000 classified, purloined Defense Department documents by Wikileaks.
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DOT Appeals to Gen Y Online
The Transportation Department is using a variety of technology tools to attract and retain the younger generation of workers, and the <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/08/dot_launches_online_ideahub.php">launch of its new online social network</a> is just the latest example of that, agency officials told Wired Workplace on Wednesday.
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Launching Your Own IdeaHub
The Transportation Department on Tuesday <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/08/dot_launches_online_ideahub.php">launched IdeaHub</a>, an online community where its 55,000 employees across the country can share and collaborate on new ideas. And thus far, employees have been embracing the new online platform with open arms.
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Could WikiLeaks story put a damper on battlefield intell?
Maybe we need to rethink what secret and secure really means in this age of rapid communication.
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Senate confirms Clapper as intell chief
The Senate has voted to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper as the country's fourth director of national intelligence.
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Cloud might let users bypass IT -- for a while
How the IT department’s role will change from builder to buyer in the age of cloud computing.
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Certification Boards Endorse EHRs
Two large medical certification boards declared on Thursday their intention to make physicians' use of health information technology a standard by which those boards will assess and certify the competency of doctors.
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Yes, Canada is different
Globetrotter Steve Kelman's travels take him to the Great White North.
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Do federal employee unions earn their keep?
The weakening leverage of unions in the private sector was apparent this week when Ford announced that over the next several years it would begin to hire about 2,000 new workers—under a 2007 union-negotiated contract—at $14 an hour, about half the wages of current workers.
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Effort to craft FCC broadband regulation bill collapses
The Federal Communications Commission suspended its series of private talks with stakeholders to write a narrowly focused telecommunications bill that could be fast-tracked through Congress this fall and an influential Democratic senator conceded that without a consensus, advancing a near-term bill is now "unlikely."
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Successful attack on nation's infrastructure is 'when,' not 'if'
In a Nextgov interview, celebrity-hacker-turned-security-guru Marc Maiffret says systems that control major operations like transportation and utilities can be easily breached -- and already are under attack.
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House installs new electronic -- and time saving -- vote display board
How much would you pay for a vote display that offers better clarity and readability and saves time for clerks? A cool $6 million?
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