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Cyber Czars, Thumb Drives and Marines
I recently had a chat with Dale Meyerrose, former chief information officer for the Director of National Intelligence, and since last month the vice president and general manager of Cyber and Information Assurance for Harris Corp. I want to pass on some of his insights on cyber czars and how clever Marine NCOs can figure out how to do end runs on security policies.
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Report cites small improvements in sharing of intelligence information
Despite progress, inspector general gives ODNI low scores on meeting integration and collaboration goals.
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Senators consider cutting Agriculture IT funds from stimulus
Money for Farm Service Agency upgrade could get the ax, but critic says money is needed to process payments for farmers.
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National Labs Moving to DOD?
The Obama administration is studying shifting control of the national laboratories operated by the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration to the Defense Department, the <em>Albuquerque Journal</em> <a href="http://lanl-the-rest-of-the-story.blogspot.com/">reported</a> on Wednesday in a copyrighted story by John Fleck.
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IT groups lobby against Buy American provisions
Several dozen companies and IT industry groups are lobbying to block the Buy American provisions in the Senate's economic stimulus package.
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IT-related stimulus spending
View a chart that details technology-related spending in the House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's stimulus package.
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