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EPA Web site paving the way to transparency
Dashboard opens environmental rulemaking to public earlier, provides model for other agencies.
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Security must be a consideration as acquisition databases are combined
GSA and IBM, which just won a $74.4 million contract to consolidate nine systems, still need to come up with a plan to protect proprietary information.
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Panel: Open Networx to states and localities to expand broadband use
The contract's lower prices for telecommunications could make it easier to expand high-speed Internet to underserved areas.
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Defense allows flash media on systems only as a 'last resort'
A new order issued by the command in charge of the military's cyber defense is a return to a policy of using removable devices under specific circumstances and guidelines.
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VA to Tweet
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to push the use of Twitter and Facebook to all of its 148 medical centers, according to an insightful <a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-allen-smith/vet-bloggers-storm-americ_b_467186.html>account</a> on the department's use of social media on The Huffington Post by Richard Allen Smith, who writes the <a href=http://www.vetvoice.com/>VetVoice blog</a>.
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IT Lessons from Snowmageddon
A new report by CDW-G suggests that there may be some valuable lessons for federal IT leaders in the aftermath of last week's snowstorms that shut down federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., area for more than four days. The report, "Seven Habits of Highly Resilient Organizations," provides activities that federal IT executives should undertake to ensure that interruption to agency operations during weather disruptions or other emergencies is minimal.
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The Buzz Factor
These were the most-read stories on FCW.com in the past two weeks.
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Hospitals face compliance problems with HITECH Act
Hospitals are coping with new privacy and security regulations for health information technology that went into effect Feb. 17.
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Former L.A. police chief tapped to kick off GovSec conference
Bill Bratton built the Los Angeles Police Department's state-of-the-art counter-terrorism capabilities in the wake of the terrorist attacks in 2001.
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Doctors frustrated by Medicare quality reporting data program
Some doctors' practices were dissatisfied with the reports they got for participating in a Medicare quality reporting program, according to a new survey.
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Luring Young IT Workers
The Defense Department is creating a new manual to help federal agencies attract the next generation of technology workers, FederalNewsRadio.com <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1890425">reports</a>.
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Security agencies release Top 25 programming errors
Developers of the Top 25 list of programming errors include DHS, NSA, MITRE and the SANS Institute, and they hope to have the list included in standard contract language that would help make software developers accountable for the security of their products.
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