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Millions of contract employees to be vetted for legal employment status
Questions remain about how government plans to oversee expansion of E-Verify program.
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DHS official warns U.S. workforce faces skills 'crisis'
Science and Technology undersecretary's comments underscore recent remarks by members of Congress.
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USDA keeps livestock data open to public
The Agriculture Department has delayed plans to apply privacy protections to a database that contains livestock operations information.
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GSA to extend AT&T's FTS 2001 contract
The additional time will give agencies more time to complete the transition to Networx, GSA says.
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Letter: Feds have option to choose more secure systems
A reader writes, "Given the factual history of attacks and weaknesses of the Microsoft platforms, why was it selected?"
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E-Verify proposed for contractor employees
Approximately 3.8 million individuals would need to be enrolled in the employment verification system next year under a proposed rule.
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All the twitter about the Mars Phoenix lander
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory chose Twitter to give people up-to-the-minute information about the Mars exploratory spacecraft.
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Groups ask court to reverse ruling, limit laptop searches at border
Fourth Amendment concerns cited, along with lack of established policy on when searches can be conducted.
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OSC chief pushed subordinate to post online rebuttals
On many occasions since 2006, Scott Bloch, head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, ordered a subordinate to post comments on blogs and in the "comment" sections of online news stories using a pseudonym.
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The 50-State Strategy to Sell Cyber Command
Air Force relies on tried-and-true budget politics to gain support for new command.
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Bush management initiative likely to survive transition
The consolidation of processes and systems under the Bush administration's lines of business initiative likely will continue in some form in the next administration, a research firm is predicting.
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Health IT office awards contract to fight medical identity theft
National coordinator for health IT asks Booz Allen to analyze prevalence of medical records theft and how to prevent and detect it.
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Adventures in Web 2.0
Federal IT pioneers discuss what new online collaborative tools mean for the government.
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