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OMB promotes Shea
Robert Shea will be associate director for administration and government performance and takes charge of the agency's internal affairs.
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ODNI tests Justice security control application
The goal is to help agencies improve their IT security by revitalizing the C&A process to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act.
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Letter: Idea of cyberwarriors is scary
A reader envisions someone misinterpreting a "flashing button on some automated control panel as a target and launching a cyber photon torpedo, making a direct hit on [my] Internet service provider."
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Bush to nominate Sturgell as new FAA chief
Robert Sturgell is currently deputy and acting administrator at the agency.
Digital Government
Senate passes 2008 spending bill for Labor, Education, HHS
The $606 billion appropriations bill would provide funding for the Labor, Education and Health and Human Services departments. President Bush promised to veto the bill.
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Bush to nominate new FAA chief
Robert Sturgell is currently deputy and acting administrator at the agency.
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Lawmakers push border security
The House Science and Technology Committee wants more funding for technologies to protect against drug traffickers, terrorists and illegal immigrants.
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Letter: Military pay differences explained
A retired Air Force colonel points out inconsistencies in a blog post.
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NARA to digitize Civil War-era documents
The Genealogical Society of Utah will help the agency digitize more than 1 million case files of approved pension applications filed by Union soldiers' widows.
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DOD announces new high-level Navy advisory panel
The Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel's topics topics will include acquisition reform, the shipbuilding industrial base and intelligence organization in the Navy.
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CIO Council turns focus on privacy
The new Privacy Committee formalizes interagency efforts to meet new, ongoing demands.
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Companies push for DHS ID card work
Representatives of the laser card and smart card industries told lawmakers their products offer unique benefits and avoid shortcomings of the formats proposed for WHTI and Real ID cards.
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