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Recovery.gov Contract Details Coming
The General Services Administration will release by early next week a redacted version of the potential $18 million contract to upgrade Recovery.gov, GSA officials said on Monday. Government transparency advocates had been calling on GSA and the board overseeing stimulus spending <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090710_7638.php">to publish the agreement</a> that will cost taxpayers $9.5 million through January 2010 and up to $18 million if all options are exercised.
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Update: Groves Confirmed By Senate
A press assistant with Harry Reid just confirmed to me that the Senate will vote on the nomination of Robert Groves to be Census Director at 5:30 p.m. today after Reid <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/reid-refuses-to-honor-republican-holds-on-census-nominee.php">filed a motion for cloture</a> on Friday.
Ideas
Federal IT Dashboard: The Blog
Looks like the White House has decided to capitalize on the popularity of the newly-launched <a href="http://it.usaspending.gov">IT Dashboard</a>. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra today published the first entry on the site's new <a href="http://it.usaspending.gov/?q=content/blog">blog</a>:
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Disaster, RFK Style
Tomorrow RFK Stadium in Washington will be home to a 75-person team, 28 semi-tractor trailers, two emergency communications vehicles, four hazmat trailers, one mobile cell site and five smaller utility and support trailers.
Ideas
Recovery.gov Details Contract
After a public outpouring of questions, concerns and bewilderment about the $18 million pricetag of a contract for a Recovery.gov Web site, the board overseeing the site's overhaul late Friday revealed some details.
Digital Government
Infighting Tanks Yet Another Project
The Senate Armed Services Committee directed the Defense Department to terminate a new command and control system <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/07/travelocity_for_command_and_co.php>modeled on commercial Web sites such as Travelocity</a> due to unwillingness of the services to agree on a centrally managed system.
Cybersecurity
DOD seeks defense against denial-of-service attacks
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants information on commercial products that could detect and react to distributed-denial-of-service attacks on Defense Department networks.
Digital Government
80 Million Strong -- and Young
Members of a new advocacy group -- the 80 Million Strong for Young American Jobs Coalition -- which represents the collective voices of millions of young Americans, will convene in Washington this week to participate in a summit where they will develop solutions and federal legislation aimed at putting young people to work and getting the economy back on track.
Acquisition
Coalition stumps for Alaska Native set-asides as hearing looms
Native8(a)works launched its effort to tell Congress about what SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program does for the United States’ indigenous people.
People
Surgeon General's next tobacco report to get Web 2.0 push
CDC officials plan to use Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook and Twitter to publicize information from the soon-to-be-released Surgeon General’s report on tobacco.
Digital Government
No Shortage of Jobs
<em>The Washington Post</em> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071202016.html?hpid=sec-tech">reports</a> that as the federal government is expected to spend 3.5 percent more on technology services over the next five years, the demand for technology expertise continues to grow. This is largely the result of new government contracts and an increased reliance on technology in nearly every sector of the economy.
Modernization