Digital Government
Defense audit agency gets new second-in-command
Anita Bales has served at the agency for nearly 20 years.
Digital Government
The verdict: Work or free time?
Mere hours from this writing on Friday afternoon, many feds either will be heaving a sigh of relief or trying to figure out what to do with their free time.
Digital Government
Free BlackBerry app can take the craziness out of conference calls
App of the Week: Research in Motion attempts to make mobile conference calling easier with a new app available in the BlackBerry Beta Zone.
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Done deal: Congress, White House reach agreement
Eleventh-hour stopgap measure averts government shutdown; parties agree to 'historic' cuts.
Digital Government
Defense official backs commercial software for joint health record
Pentagon plan conflicts with VA's reliance on open-source software.
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Lawmaker: TSA should supply screening technology to foreign countries
House Homeland Security subcommittee chairman warns of 'weak security standards in global aviation chain.'
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Shutdown would highlight government's IT dependence, experts say
Federal Computer Week
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DOD prepares personnel for government shutdown
The Defense Department will divide its employees into "excepted" and "nonexcepted" from the governmentwide shutdown, and is releasing some details about how it will proceed if funding runs out this weekend.
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Federal websites might be unattended or go dark during furloughs
Many questions were raised today on how, and if, federal websites would function and whether any of them would go offline during a federal shutdown.
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House passes bill to continue government funding
The funding bill would provide money for civilian agencies through April 15 and the Defense Department through Sept. 30.
Digital Government
Announcing the winners of the FCW caption contest
The entries are in, and the most recent FCW caption contest drew an astounding number and variety of ideas.
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Congressional offices make decisions on who is essential
Lawmakers are largely making their own decisions about which staff members are essential employees who would not be furloughed during a government shutdown.
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Dire cyber scenarios may await U.S. infrastructure
New disruptive cyberattacks on the horizon and the proliferation of advanced cyber weapons pose increase danger to U.S. critical infrastructure.
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Dire cyber scenarios may await U.S. infrastructure
New disruptive cyberattacks on the horizon and the proliferation of advanced cyber weapons pose increase danger to U.S. critical infrastructure.
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