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How safe will you be with Obama's 'trusted' identity solution?
Readers aren't sold on the administration's plan to abandon passwords for trusted digital identities, citing fears of identity theft or government snooping.
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Are government Web sites in danger?
In an effort to cut costs, the United Kingdom is cracking down on expensive government-funded Web sites, promising to close the majority of them. Could the United States do the same?
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iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise
The Defense Department interoperability exercise stresses flexible networking and new uses for existing technology.
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Obama to double commercial spectrum available for broadband development
Presidential memorandum calls for NTIA and FCC to identify 500 MHz of radio spectrum to be licensed for broadband connectivity over the next 10 years, and for development of technologies to make better use of this limited resource.
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Telework Tips
Last Thursday, I moderated a webinar on the current state of telework programs across the federal government. Joining me were two special guests - Jennifer Carignan, an associate manager for research at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, and Danette Campbell, senior telework advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - who both gave excellent presentations on what's next for federal telework.
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Final impressions of China: Land of contradictions
Blogger Steve Kelman is fascinated by the contradictory images that people have of China.
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Are they really ‘interns’?
A June 25 forum on the federal hiring process hosted by the Office of Personnel Management gave critics of the Federal Career Intern Program yet another chance to sound off.
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OMB charts performance improvement course
Focus will shift from data collection to using performance information to achieve better results.
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In major switch, United States embraces foreign navigation systems
Significant policy shift recognizes the United States no longer has an exclusive on satellite positioning and must work with other countries to augment and backup the American-built GPS.
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Privacy advocates give limited approval for new White House Web 2.0 policies
Civil libertarians are pleased the guidelines provide an expansive definition of personally identifiable information, but want stronger and clearer language that would protect citizens' identities and data.
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iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise
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Honey, We Need Online Counseling
Technology has taken over much of the dating scene, with match-making sites such as <a href=http://www.eharmony.com/>eharmony.com</a>. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the flip side of finding that perfect mate through the Web is online marriage counseling. The Well blog at the New York Times on Monday <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/seeking-to-pre-empt-marital-strife/">discussed</a> these programs.
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Spectrum War: Karate Road vs. Defense
In hyping President Obama's decision on Monday to allocate 500 MHz of very scarce spectrum for mobile wireless broadband services, his economic adviser Lawrence Summers said this amounted to the best use of spectrum currently used by federal agencies and TV broadcasters.
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Pentagon tightens reins on contractors
The Defense Department wants its contractors to cut their costs as part of a larger DOD strategy to maintain its power as budgets decline.
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Reforming Federal Hiring
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday held a public meeting on its efforts to overhaul the federal hiring process, and my colleague Emily Long has all the <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45566&dcn=todaysnews">details</a> of the meeting at GovernmentExecutive.com.
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