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TechAmerica's Cybersecurity Council Chair
Phillip Dunkelberger, chief executive officer of e-mail and data encryption software vendor PGP Corp., will chair a cybersecurity council of industry executives.
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Time's Up on Cyber Review
An interagency group is in the process of submitting to President Obama the findings and recommendations that resulted from a 60-day review of the federal government's cybersecurity initiatives. the study came to a close on April 17.
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New CTO to Wear Two Hats
Aneesh Chopra, the nation's first-ever chief technology officer, would serve as both "assistant to the president" and "associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy," if confirmed by the Senate, White House officials said on Monday.
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Oracle to Buy Sun
Officially squashing <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090318_5314.php>rumors</a> of an IBM purchase once and for all, Sun Micro Systems will be acquired by software company Oracle for about $7.4 billion, <em>The New York Times</em> <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html>reported</a> this morning.
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Library of Congress Taps YouTube
The Library of Congress launched its own YouTube channel on April 7. The site currently offers 74 videos organized by the following playlists:
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Cyberattacks From Left Field
The Internet is <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04162009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_vet_threat_164623.htm">buzzing</a> about the release this week of a <a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf">controversial report</a> from DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis detailing the threat of returning military veterans being recruited by radical right-wing groups (think skinheads, Timothy McVeigh).
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Standards for Mobile Transparency
The rapid communication achieved through text messaging and twittering has made citizens impatient for the government to go interactive.
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A New, New Media Chief at Defense?
Seems like the White House got the memo on the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090415_8127.php">importance of social media to national security</a>.
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Donate Equipment, Train IT Workers
Military veterans will have access to IT training and certifications funded by a program that auctions off used computer equipment.
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OpenSecrets Opens Data
Lobbyist watchdog Web site <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/">OpenSecrets.org</a> is releasing the data underlying its searchable databases so that anyone can download and manipulate the information, the site announced on Monday.
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