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Industry group calls for cybersecurity partnership
A trade association is asking the incoming Obama administration to engage industry to improve cybersecurity through a social contract.
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DNI: Data destruction a major cyber threat
The risk of hackers carrying out data-obliteration or data-scrambling attacks should be viewed as a high-level vulnerability, the director of national intelligence said.
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DOD starts online directory for wounded service members
The National Resource Directory provides information about training, housing and benefits.
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Are agencies buying counterfeit technology?
The federal acquisition councils are considering a rule that would require contractors to prove the authenticity of the products they supply.
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GPS-loaded radio coming to the infantry
First-of-its-kind radios will pinpoint soldiers' positions on the battlefield and allow them to communicate using Voice over IP.
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Google executive urges improvements to technology infrastructure
Investment in research and development is critical, CEO tells a Washington audience.
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Strategists attempt to sell e-campaign tricks to wary GOP
Operatives resisting the move argue party needs to figure out how to forge a better brand first.
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Also in the News: Twitter for terrorists?
The social networking site Twitter might be used by terrorists and insurgents for surveillance, command and control and targeting of U.S. forces, Federal Times reports.
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Letter: SSA employee can't watch Obama's YouTube videos
A reader at the Social Security Administration, which blocks YouTube, writes to say he can't watch the president-elect's addresses.
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Obama administration looks to fill more than 300 IT positions
Defense has the most open presidentially appointed technology jobs.
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Obama administration faces hard choices in managing ground troops
Organization and equipment challenges bedevil Army, Marine Corps and special operations forces, new reports say.
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New ethics rules end voluntary reports
Government contractors must now notify the inspector general's office and contracting officer when they find credible evidence of a crime related to a government contract.
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Final E-Verify rule kinder to small businesses
Regulation that takes effect on Jan. 15 has a higher threshold for contracts subject to the employee vetting requirement.
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NASA could save money through consolidation of IT purchases
Inspector general says agency should allow employees to negotiate for lower prices on equipment.
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Opponents of Internet gambling ban like their odds in '09
Rules criticized for potentially tying hands of new administration, burdening financial services industry.
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