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Student Vets Get Pay -- and Pizza
Here's a real "<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooah>Hooah</a>" for the top leadership at the Veterans Affairs Department, who decided early on Friday to keep all 57 of the department's 57 regional offices open until every veteran waiting in line picked up an <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090925_9070.php>emergency GI bill check</a> valued at up to $3,000.
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Schoenhard Tapped as Health Ops Deputy
Late last month I <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/09/hospital_exec_tapped_for_va_health_job.php>reported</a> that St. Louis hospital executive <a href=http://www.ssmhc.com/internet/home/ssmcorp.nsf/46a13372d66f8fe8862569f50053bbaa/777fc0898ff3324a862573cd007b92f4?OpenDocument>William Schoenhard</a> appeared to have the inside track for appointment as the new undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Women taking charge
One of the first things that struck me when I arrived here and began meeting people in the technology shops that FCW covers was the number of women in positions of prominence and power.
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Do You Text While Driving?
The Obama administration on Thursday issued an <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Executive-Order-Federal-Leadership-on-Reducing-Text-Messaging-while-Driving/">executive order</a> that bans federal employees from text messaging while driving on official government business. The order was announced on Thursday by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the end of a two-day summit in Washington on distracted driving. The order also encouraged federal contractors to ban text messaging while driving in connection with government business.
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Generational Views on Privacy
A guest <a href="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/is-online-privacy-a-generational-issue/">post</a> on Wired.com by Heather West of the Center for Democracy and Technology tackles whether online privacy is a generational issue. Recent studies, including one on behavioral advertising, show that those in younger age groups care most about how their information is used, and many teens and young adults have now come to expect a high level of control over their personal information.
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OMB to issue transparency directive within a few weeks
Officials say guidance strikes a balance between technology and policies, and reflects public's recommendations.
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Hill doesn't give Obama all the Ag tech spending he asked for
Programs coming up short in fiscal 2010 funding include expanded broadband service for rural areas, IT modernization and a system to track diseased animals.
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Terrorists nearing ability to launch big cyberattacks against U.S.
Enemy states are not so much the threat as are cybercriminals who will peddle through the black market the software programs needed to launch a debilitating attack.
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An Earmark Windbag Called MARIAH
Sen. John McCain spent a good bit of time on the Senate floor this week battling earmarks that his colleagues want to stuff into the 2010 Defense appropriations bill. One such earmark included this: a Montana project called the Magnetohydrodynamics Accelerator Research Into Advanced Hypersonics wind tunnel, or MARIAH.
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New Cyber Hiring Authority at DHS
The Homeland Security Department on Thursday announced a new authority to recruit and hire cybersecurity professionals across the agency over the next three years. The new authority comes as the department declares October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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DOD looks to industry for best technologies to help combat troops
The Defense Department wants industry to lead the way to quickly acquire the tools of tomorrow’s trade.
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Feds offer White House plenty of ideas on budget-cutting
The Save.Gov Web site launched by the White House soliciting ideas on how to cut spending in the 2011 budget has drawn more than 10,000 suggestions in its first week.
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