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TSA Blogger Brings Message to Defense
A prolific -- and popular -- blogger at for the Transportation Security Administration has begun to spread his word to the Defense community. Bob Burns, a.k.a. Blogger Bob, wrote his first post for the Armed With Science Blog, which appears on the <a href=http://www.dodlive.mil/>DoD Live</a> website.
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Does filtering adult Web sites work?
Does software to block adult content and other objectional material really work? In past years such programs have been knocked for blocking legitimate Web sites along with the nasty ones -- such as screening out breast-cancer information sites along with nubile young vixens.
People
Agencies defend charges of contracting fraud
Officials say the recently reported fraud that GAO uncovered in a small-business set-aside program comes from business owners and contracting officers not understanding the program rules, but at least one member of Congress rejects that explanation.
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DARPA seeks young blood
DARPA is accepting proposals for its next Computer Science Study Group.
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IT spending dashboard goes mobile
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has announced an updated Web site to help the public track the $80 billion the government spends annually on information technology.
Ideas
Reform Forces Bailout Lending Online
The financial regulatory overhaul that Congress passed this week is missing a major data transparency measure the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100701_1718.php">House wanted</a>, but the legislation still offers some Web-based windows into the financial system that previously were lacking.
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IT Jobs: Fed vs. Private Sector
The private sector is steps ahead of the federal government when it comes to overall job satisfaction as well as managing, training and rewarding employees, according to data from the <a href="http://www.fedview.opm.gov/2010/Reports/PrivComp.asp?AGY=ALL">2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey</a>.
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Show Them the Money
Final rules governing the adoption of electronic medical records, released this week by the Health and Human Services Department, significantly softened proposed requirements floated earlier this year. The draft regulations generated some 2,000 comments, yet modification of the rules was largely a concession to large special-interest groups, notably the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, that had pilloried the proposed regulations as unreasonable and unrealistic.
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Top-Dollar IT Skills
The battle is on for hard-to-find technology talent, and companies are paying top dollar for the most in-demand IT professionals. This month's edition of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9Mzg4MzA1fENoaWxkSUQ9MzkxMDYwfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">Dice Report</a> notes that this year's most in-demand jobs include software developers, C#, security analysts and engineers, database administrators and technology professionals with active federal security clearances.
People
New commissioner crafting plan to re-energize FAS
The new commissioner will release a new strategy for revitalizing the Federal Acquisition Service and setting a new course.
Digital Government
Earthquakes are something to tweet about
Tweets are far from being scientific information, but the U.S. Geological Survey is finding Twitter helpful in monitoring earthquakes in real time.
Digital Government
Public safety officials to kick off lobbying blitz for spectrum
Police chiefs, sheriffs, emergency communications professionals and others plan to lobby Capitol Hill next week to persuade lawmakers to reallocate a block of spectrum for the creation of a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network.
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Spill prompts NOAA to define its data management architecture
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