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EPA wants ideas on e-rulemaking experiment
The Environmental Protection Agency has nearly completed an e-rulemaking experiment it's conducting at the Regulations.gov Exchange website.
Cybersecurity
FEMA loses 7 years' worth of major official reports
The Federal Emergency Management Agency lost its entire database of post-disaster reports for 2003 to 2010 due to a computer server failure, according to a new audit.
Digital Government
Joint Forces commander details plans for closure
Contractor jobs, as well as military and civilian government roles, will be cut as a new, leaner organization focuses on training and education, Army Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Joint Forces Command, says.
Digital Government
Nokia jumps from burning platform straight into the arms of Microsoft
Nokia and Microsoft announced that the companies will form a partnership where Windows Phone 7 will power all of Nokia's high-end smart phones and work together on a mobile road map.
Digital Government
Will the BlackBerry PlayBook run Android apps?
There have been rumors floating around that Research In Motion is trying to find a way to run Android applications on its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC.
Digital Government
Solidarity? Or not so much?
If recently proposed federal budget cuts sparked some heated comments from federal employee groups over the last few days, then the subsequent announcement of even deeper cuts likely will inflame things further.
Digital Government
Army pursuing high-tech data sharing at the tactical edge
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity bill could be stalled by House-Senate differences
Issue of whether to tackle protections piecemeal or as a package are unresolved, along with question of where to centralize federal authority.
Digital Government
SSA's new data center is at least five years away, while the existing center risks 'catastrophic failure'
The 30-year-old National Computer Center in Baltimore, Md., is plagued by an inadequate heating and cooling system, a power system so old that spare parts are no longer made, and clogged and corroded plumbing, Kelly Croft, Social Security's deputy commissioner for systems, told two House subcommittees.
Digital Government
Energy Department budget holds major cuts
"Fiscal responsibility demands shared sacrifice - it means cutting programs we would not cut in better fiscal times," Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in an e-mail sent out today to all Energy staff, labs, and sites.
Digital Government
Technology industry officials grilled on outsourcing
Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Maxine Waters, D-Calif., used the hearing to grill the industry officials about outsourcing jobs overseas.
Digital Government
Speier unveils 'do-not-track' online privacy bill
One bill features the "do-not-track" option while a second bill would "give consumers control of their own financial information."
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