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White House to hold Twitter Town Hall

The White House will hold Twitter Town Hall that will combine a live Q&A session online with the president and tweeted questions from the public.

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How to engage your online audiences

The Health and Human Services Department's new media team shares its lessons learned with other agencies.

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Federal pay, benefits would be at risk in August, group says

Unless the debt ceiling is raised, the federal government sometime in early August would be unable to meet a wide range of spending obligations, group says.

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Blogging do's and don'ts

The key to getting executives to blog is to set clear expectations.

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OMB: Financial systems modernizations are back in business

An administration official said the financial system projects that were frozen a year ago are moving forward again.

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Navy: Faster acquisition key to cyber defense

The Defense Department's existing acquisition model makes it difficult to keep up with cyber threats, a Navy official said.

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Federal road warriors have offices on-the-go

Agencies looking to save millions are giving up the status quo and adopting virtual workplace policies.

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GSA seeks ‘anytime, anywhere, any device’ infrastructure

GSA is trying to figure out how it should structure two major IT task orders in light of a quickly evolving agency.

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SSA CIO office squeezed by budget tightening

SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue announced major restructuring of some of the agency's managers and offices in response to tight budgets.

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Bill to speed VA disability claims reintroduced

A House lawmaker last week reintroduced a bill aimed at speeding up the disability claims process at the Veterans Affairs Department.

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US must reform taxes, education to regain edge, officials say

Reforms in tax structure, education and immigration policy are central to restoring America's leadership in innovation, officials say.

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Grant funds to get better control under executive order

Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, told a House subcommittee about oversight of more than $500 billion a year in federal grants.

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House panel approves transparency bill

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has approved legislation that would reform how federal spending is reported to the public.

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Report: Number of teleworkers declined in 2010

Report on teleworking found the dip in 2010 was largely due to psychological factors and not technological barriers.

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Maryland receives $7.7M grant for federal jobs

The U.S. Department of Labor awards Maryland a grant to prepare for new federal jobs coming to the area due to base realignment and closures.

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Some clearances based on faked screenings, review finds

Some clearance investigators are not actually doing all the work they claim to be, review reveals.

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Transportation Command wants greenhouse gas tracking

The U.S. Transportation Command wants help to develop ways to measure the carbon footprint of its vehicles.

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Warner introduces Senate version of spending tracking bill

Legislation sponsored by Virginia Democrat Mark Warner to set up a single Web-based platform to track federal spending is the Senate companion to a bill introduced by Rep. Darell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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Telework tax traps managers should avoid

Out-of-state teleworkers could cause hidden tax worries for their employers.

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HHS to deploy new anti-fraud software for Medicare

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that new predictive fraud-catching tools for Medicare will go into effect on July 1.