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GAO: Labor's whistleblower data a mess
The Labor Department's records for federal whistleblowers are often inaccurate and incomplete, according to a new GAO report.
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Draft standard could improve financial reports
Agencies would use the standard report management process to generate financial data and statements including for balance sheets and statement of budgetary resources.
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Administration asks for $20.5 billion increase for defense
The Defense Department’s acquisition process will be reformed under the White House’s proposed budget.
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IT, health care would get more under budget
The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.
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DHS' Beckström: Feds need to define cyber goals
An expert says the government needs to clarify its vision of what constitutes successful cybersecurity.
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NIST creates cloud-computing team
The team will identify possible risks to federal agencies that use the emerging technology and determine how to make it secure, a NIST official said.
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Officials eye a geospatial 'Virtual USA'
Officials from the Homeland Security Department and several states have started a project intended to make state and local geospatial data interoperable.
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GSA puts its USA.gov Web site in the cloud
Outsourcing storage and maintenance of the site's applications will halve costs and provide better service and security, agency officials say.
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Former official: Census handhelds could save millions
Using handheld devices in the 2010 census will be limited, but devices are likely to be used heavily for the 2020 population count, former Census Bureau director also says.
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Survey: Security is CIOs’ top challenge
Information security continues to be the leading priority and challenge for CIOs because threats have become more complex, according to a new survey.
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Obama names online staff
4 White House appointees will form the nucleus of the Obama administration’s online team.
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TSA checks out systems for waiting time data
The agency wants information on systems to collect hourly data on waiting times for passenger security checkpoints at airports.
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E-mail case continues with Obama
The groups that sued the government over the alleged loss of millions of e-mail messages has opposed the government's motion to have the case dismissed. Meanwhile, the government's latest motion for dismissal was filed after President Barack Obama took office.
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USA.gov will move to cloud computing
A contractor will provide hosting, storage and disaster recovery services for GSA’s Web portals.
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Recommended Reading for Feb. 23
This week's reading list: An information stimulus?; Twitter do's and don’ts; The cloud-computing research agenda.
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Government to go
Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly on the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.
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