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Verizon: Organized crime behind data breaches
The company studied 90 confirmed network breaches and found that 91 percent were linked to organized crime.
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Pointers: Recommended Reading (Facebook edition)
This week's list: Facebook for beginners; Who's who in social media; A manager's guide to social media; and Facebook apps for a better life.
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41 states and DC now publishing tax-expenditure reports
Many states are now releasing tax-break tallies, according to a new report.
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Lawmakers lag in publishing schedules online
Only 10 members of Congress publish their schedules on their Web sites despite encouragement from transparency advocates.
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New performance self-assessment tool launched
The developers say the application calculates a federal employee’s strengths, weaknesses and potential for a pay raise in an annual evaluation.
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Paper urges DOD strategy for Web 2.0
Researchers say the Defense Department needs to develop a strategy to use social media tools to achieve its missions.
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CBP updates trade data repository
The agency has updated its Automated Commercial Environment system to take into account new document rules.
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Library of Congress starts YouTube channel
Recent and historical videos from the library’s collection are available on the channel.
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GSA signs agreement with Facebook
The agreement satisfies legal issues that barred federal agencies from using the social-networking Web site.
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Groups push for lobbying Web site
Watchdog organizations want a single Web site that aggregates reports of meetings between lobbyists and federal executives related to stimulus funding.
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NOAA to get supercomputers, satellites
The agency's list of projects includes funding for weather satellites and climate-data supercomputers.
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OMB: Agencies must pay to upgrade Grants.gov
Grant-making agencies must cover the costs to strengthen the governmentwide grants portal to accommodate the crush of stimulus funds applications.
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Marine Corps seeks help in buying computers
Marine Corps officials want help from industry in developing a strategy for buying rugged and nonrugged computers.
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IG: Interior's networks weren't secure in 2008
The Interior Department apparently sent data to networks controlled by hostile countries in January 2008, according to a just-released inspector general's report.
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Spy satellite tally could increase
The Obama administration supports a plan from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Defense Department to modernize the country's electro-optical satellites.
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NASA astronaut tweets about mission
The public can follow Mike Massimino’s training for a mission to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope via Twitter.
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