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About Schmidt: We finally have a cybersecurity coordinator. Now what?
The challenges facing Howard Schmidt as he takes on the job of coordinating the nation's cyber defenses might be equaled only by the opportunities.
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The ’00 7: The decade’s most important tech advances
We select seven technologies that changed the game during the unofficial decade of 2000-2009.
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Senate Health Care Bill: Reader Beware
If you really want to ruin your day, try reading and comprehending the health care bill, which I did Tuesday and much of Wednesday.
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The word on Word
The ramifications of the Microsoft Word case will be small for most users.
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OPM Plans Facelift of USAJobs
The Office of Personnel Management is making a new year's resolution for 2010: overhaul USAJobs.gov, the government's primary job search Web site. According to a <a href="http://www.usajobs.gov/newlaunchvideo.asp">video</a> on USAJobs, the new Web site, which will launch on Jan. 23, will be easier to navigate, more streamlined and more personal. Federal job applicants will be able to better refine job search results, as well as share job search information on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking Web sites.
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A Different Take on Jobs Outlook
eWeek's Careers blog has an interesting <a href="http://blogs.eweek.com/careers/content001/hiring/specialized_it_skills_to_dominate_2010_tech_jobs_report.html">post</a> about how the outlook for IT hiring in 2010 may not be as bright as many research firms have speculated.
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HHS pumps $60M into research on health IT adoption
HHS officials today announced a new program with $60 million for research on overcoming the barriers to adoption of electronic health records.
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Part 3: Data is key to transition to Networx and beyond
Data collection is at the heart of GSA's efforts to move from FTS 2001 to Networx as well as laying the foundation for future transitions, says Karl Krumbholz.
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States and local agencies take to clouds, report finds
State and local governments will adopt cloud computing, virtualization, service-oriented architecture, open-source software and geospatial technologies at an accelerating rate over the next five years, according to a new Input report.
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VA security scholarship program delayed until 2011
A program enacted in 2006 to help the Veterans Affairs Department beef up its information security expertise by offering financial assistance to doctoral students and those who recently earned doctorates still is more than a year away from awarding its first scholarship, according to a report made to Congress.
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Kundra talks about a new day for government data
In an interview with ExecutiveBiz, the federal CIO talks about how a “whole new industry” could evolve around Data.gov.
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Education, IRS try to make filing student aid form less daunting
A process will automatically fill in financial data from an IRS Web site, eliminating what has been a time-consuming task that discouraged many students from filing for aid.
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Who Needs Boring Spending Tables?
I know they're real busy on the Hill right now, adding verbiage to an already incomprehensible 2,000 page-plus health care bill, but I'm appalled at the sloppy work done on the fiscal 2010 <a href=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/Z?r111:H16DE9-0030>Defense appropriations bill</a> signed by President Obama on Monday.
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Workforce Hurdles for New Cyber Czar
President Obama on Tuesday <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091222_3406.php?oref=topnews">named Robert Schmidt as his cybersecurity coordinator</a>. As the new cyber czar, Schmidt will be tasked with developing a new comprehensive strategy to secure American networks, ensuring a unified response to cyber incidents, strengthening public-private partnerships and leading national campaign to promote cybersecurity awareness and education.
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