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Letter: Stop stripping Americans of their privacy

A reader says we should enforce the laws already in place instead of finding new ways to take away Americans’ civil liberties.

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Caring About Your Personal Information - Not

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Report: NARA doubted White House e-mail archives in 2004

Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a detailed account of the archive system, but Republicans questioned that report's veracity.

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DHS seeks new workforce formula

The department's chief procurement officer says he will change the formula officials use to determine the appropriate number of acquisition workers.

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Census to update online database

The Census Bureau awarded a contract to IBM Global Business Services Federal to replace American FactFinder, its Web portal for population data.

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TSA deputy CIO moving to U.S. Courts

Joe Peters becomes the fourth senior technology executive to leave DHS in the past month.

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USPS names Philo as new CIO

Ross Philo comes to the Postal Service from industry.

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What's the Deal at Ames?

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VA fills out security staff with CISO

Jaren Doherty was the chief information security officer at HHS and NIH.

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DHS allows industry liaison to keep his business ties

The Science and Technology Directorate allows its first chief commercialization officer to maintain some of his ties to industry, and although Thomas Cellucci has recused himself from potential conflicts of interest, some observers worry about appearances.

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The Lectern: "I wanted to reinvent the wheel"

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Panel: Management agenda in feds' hands

When the Bush administration leaves office, career federal employees will be crucial for maintaining agencies' progress toward better program management, experts say.

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Northrop Grumman names new acquisition policy director

Mitchell Waldman was previously national security adviser to former Sen. Trent Lott.

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Airport Security as Theatre

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Speakers: Generation Y includes more than selfish slackers

Agencies should avoid stereotypes and help younger federal hires succeed.

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Congress continues probe into missing e-mails

House lawmakers wrangle over whether White House conducted government business from political e-mail accounts.

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Demand for hybrid driver's licenses high in Washington

The state has issued more than 2,000 new hybrid drivers license-passport cards in the past month, and 13,000 more people have signed up for them.