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Reid files cloture motions on two blocked nominees
GSA nominee will likely be confirmed next week.
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House leaders move swiftly to launch probe of hackers
Boehner, Pelosi sent a letter Thursday.
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BREAKING NEWS: GSA chief Martha Johnson nomination moves ahead
End of long wait is in sight after Senate Majority Leader files cloture on Johnson.
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Before iPad, There was Newton
By now, practically everyone on the planet knows that Steve Jobs and Apple introduced on Wednesday the iPad tablet, the machine That Will Change The World As We Know It Forever.
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When iPods are killers
iPods, smart phones and other personal devices are raising new questions about safety on the battlefield, on the beat and in other hazardous areas, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
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How not to find out you have cancer
Doctors and patients could need help dealing with digital health records.
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IT Takeaways from SOTU
In his State of the Union address on Wednesday evening, President Obama proposed extending a student loan forgiveness program to students who commit 10 years to public service careers. Obama's proposal appears to be an <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/07/student_loan_repayments_take_effect.php?oref=search">extension of the 2007 College Cost Reduction Act</a>, which took effect in July 2009 and allows students to tailor payments made on federal loans to their incomes. Federal loans they have not paid off after 10 years of public service are forgiven in their entirety. The law does not apply to private loans, however, and public servants must make at least 120 monthly payments on the loan while in a qualifying job for their remaining debt to be erased.
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New cybersecurity coordinator says he has the president’s ear
In his first public talk since taking the job, Howard Schmidt seeks to allay concerns about his influence in the White House.
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Ballmer forecasts cloudy future for public safety
The next step for public saftey managers is to move applications to cloud-based computing infrastructors, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer told attendees at company's Public Safety Symposium.
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Homeland Security Nuclear Detection Office turns to geospatial routing
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Who's in Charge at MHS?
That's a good question, since <a href=http://mhs.osd.mil/bioDetail.aspx?ID=19>Ellen Embry</a>, who has been performing the duties of the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs since Dr. S. Ward Casscells <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/slideshows/casscells-slideshow.php>resigned</a> in April 2009, announced at the kick off of the Military Health System Conference on Monday that she too plans to retire. Folks in the know tell me she will leave in a matter of days.
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Obama: Open government can rebuild public trust
In his first State of the Union address, the president said greater transparency in how government works can overcome the 'deficit of trust' Americans have toward the federal government.
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IT Skills Shortage?
Don Tennant at IT Business Edge <a href="http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/tennant/is-there-an-it-skills-shortage-in-the-us-well-yes-and-no/?cs=38970">tackles</a> an interesting question of whether there is a shortage of skilled information technology professionals in the United States. The answer, he says, depends on who you ask.
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