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SAIC case sheds needed light on world of government contracting
The Washington Post
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Elmo and the Brigadier General
Elmo, the fire engine red Sesame Street Muppet, will make a special guest appearance with Army Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton, director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, at a press conference in Philadelphia next week. She will unveil how Elmo and his pals can help kids deal with the stress of military deployments.
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Ada turns back the clock
A year-old story about a programming language that fell out of favor 12 years ago takes the Web by storm.
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More on the Pay Raise
In following up to Wednesday's <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/07/2010_pay_raise.php">post</a> on the 2010 federal pay raise, Alyssa Rosenberg <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43120&dcn=todaysnews">reports</a> that Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, D-Ill., has unveiled legislation that would provide federal employees with an increase of 2.9 percent in 2010, nearly 1 percent more than the House version allocates for the pay raise.
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Maryland firm wins contract to revamp Recovery.gov
The General Services Administration awarded Smartronix of Hollywood, Md., an $18 million deal to help government better track stimulus funds.
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Reps say broadband stimulus rules complex, murky, rigid
As the dust settles on guidelines the Obama administration released for the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program, lawmakers are beginning to raise concerns that the hurried effort has led to rigid requirements, inconsistencies and murky definitions.
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Cyberattacks identified as a modification of five-year-old virus
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team identified the denial-of-service attacks as a modified version of the "My Doom" virus, which in 2004 infected more than 1 million computers worldwide.
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Democrats set fast schedule for Defense, other spending bills
Top Senate Democrats hope to dispense with the fiscal 2010 defense authorization in just four days next week so they can clear the Senate floor for health care legislation and a vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. But with battles expected over several provisions of the defense bill, meeting that timeline might be a tall order.
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