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April Fools' Day tweets: We waste our time so you don't have to

While scanning the news this morning on Twitter we couldn't help but notice the great April fool's day tweets. Here are some of our favorites.

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Soundbytes: Lipstick, Medicare and The Census

The weekly review of comments.

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Law school tries to get the public hooked on rule-making

Web site will reach out to citizens who don't read the Federal Register for feedback on a plan to bar commercial drivers from texting.

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Army cyber office going full steam ahead

An Army Cyber Directorate official says his office is making moves on cyber defense -- and is eager to do it better, faster and cheaper than the federal government status quo.

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A Do-It-Ourselves Anniversary Site

As I <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/03/the_vietnam_war_anniversary.php>observed</a> last week, the Defense Department just this month decided to start developing a Web site to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, which is this year.

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Army prepares contract action on enterprise programs

As the Army moves forward with Global Enterprise Information Construct, new opportunities are cropping up for contracts for Army IT services.

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HHS' PR Contract Draws Criticism

It didn't take long for controversy to swirl around a $26 million contract the Health and Human Services Department recently <a href=http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2010/03/madison_ave_to_gild_health_it.php>awarded</a> to a major public relations firm to sooth the public's fear that their privacy may be compromised as the medical industry moves to electronic health records. (Nearly 60 percent of Americans surveyed last year said they were not confident that their medical information would be properly protected in an EHR, according to <a href=http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/7887.pdf>a poll</a> conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University's School of Public Health.)

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Public Sector Lags on IT Benefits

While providing a flexible and desirable working environment is necessary to attracting and retaining the younger, technology-oriented workforce, only 13 percent of state and local government agencies provide workers with laptop computers, according to a new <a href="http://www.govexec.com/pdfs/033110ww.pdf">study</a> by Intel and IT consultant Wipro.

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White House wants industry's help on IT managment

The Obama administration wants to apply industry's best practices to how the government manages large, expensive IT projects.

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Pentagon extends tanker competition deadline

Move gives European consortium EADS time to put together a bid for the lucrative contract.

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Case seeks protection of private e-mail

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IG faults FBI data system

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Administration puts its stamp on 'inherently governmental'

OMB tells agencies to use definition in the 1998 FAIR Act.