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Twitter, Facebook … and your right to post as you see fit
The once-bright line between public and private speech gets fuzzier every day—and in the federal workplace, GSA employees are walking point for the rest of us.
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DISA takes lead in Defense enterprise infrastructure
Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett outlines the Defense Information Systems Agency's top priorities for information sharing and agency collaboration.
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$114 billion still available for federal contractors before Sept. 30
Agencies are likely to spend the remaining money on lower-cost items like computers and IT equipment, observer says.
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Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiative
Fewer peer-reviewed science articles and canceled journal subscriptions are concerns.
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GAO sting shows passport fraud remains a problem
State Department fails to consistently use counterfeit detection techniques or verify identity data.
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War of Words
The rhetoric of cyberwar is heating up, but a real understanding of cyber threats is missing from the debate.
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Bipartisan bill would block FCC from seizing spectrum
The measure is aimed at supporting the FCC's effort to expand the amount of available spectrum to meet growing demand for wireless communications.
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U.S. understanding of cyberwar still immature, says former NSA director
Government Computer News
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HHS to give states $1M each for health insurance exchanges
States and the District of Columbia will get $51 million to help them set up new insurance marketplaces.
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Knowledge management for knowing people
FCW cartoonist and blogger John Klossner ponders the nuances of knowledge management’s tautological terminology.
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Nixing Federal Job Registers?
The Office of Personnel Management is considering ending its centralized hiring register program due to a lack of interest among federal agencies. <em>Federal Times</em> <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100728/PERSONNEL02/7280303/1001">reports</a> that in the seven months since OPM launched its hiring register program, agencies have only hired 71 of about 106,000 qualified job candidates from the registers.
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Calling FCC, FDA. Anybody Home?
On paper, it makes sense to combine the might of the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration to "promote innovation and investment in wireless medical devices," as reported here yesterday.
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Insufficient data sharing hobbles Army's efforts to track suicide risks, report says
Stovepiped systems, privacy concerns cited as factors preventing commanders from recognizing when soldiers are in distress.
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Craigslist creator tries to bring transparency initiative out of the shadows
The Obama administration's open government efforts aren't getting the attention and credit they deserve, Craig Newmark says.
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