Digital Government

Are feds finally breaking the social media barrier?

The General Services Administration's latest analysis shows how far social networking is spreading in government.

Digital Government

Bill would require WiFi in federal buildings to spare commercial bandwidth

Two senators have proposed legislation to add wireless base stations to federal buildings to ease pressure on commercial wireless networks.

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SEC scraps plans for new data center

The move marks the second time the agency abandons efforts to find a home for one of the two information centers it maintains.

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Defense revises rule on contractor business systems

New proposal lowers the amount the government can withhold from contractors that don't do enough to protect against waste, fraud and abuse.

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OMB: Don't look at leaked documents

Agencies remind employees that WikiLeaks documents are still classified.

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Increases in IT Hiring

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NARA plans declassification review for 400 million pages

The National Archives and Records Administration plans to use social media tools to find out which records to declassify first from its 400 million-plus page backlog.

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No, not death panel … DEBT panel

Well, it doesn’t look like the president’s bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility ventured too far from the recommendations released last month by the two chairmen of the panel.

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Loopholes in global aviation system pose challenges to effective screening, officials say

Legal and cultural differences among countries could be roadblocks to developing standard security measures.

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Consumer complaint website will test wisdom of crowds

Agency approval of a March 2011 launch of online tool for reports on harmful products promises unprecedented information, risk of defamation.