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FCW Insider: What Obama can learn from Shaq about Twitter
The Municipalist blogger ("Where government and Web 2.0 collide") has an entertaining post about the potential of Twitter as a presidential platform.
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Get a Life!: Inaugural holiday?
Closure of federal offices could be a test of continuity-of-operations plans.
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DHS consolidates recruiting systems
The department will use an e-Recruitment program to consolidate more 50 separate systems used to recruit and hire employees.
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Coalition urges national broadband strategy
Organizations want policies that would include providing more access to the Internet, government support for enhancing broadband use.
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Acquisition leaders concerned about eroding workforce
Agencies should provide better training and useful oversight to improve the procurement process, according to a survey of acquisition experts.
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GAO: Mixed progress on SES diversity
The percentage of female and minority senior executives increased overall but declined at one-third of major agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management.
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TSA wants companies to test technology
The Transportation Security Administration is asking companies to participate in a pilot program to test screening technologies for air cargo.
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Transition Watch: Obama faces major problems with DHS
Significant management challenges, an urgent requirement for investment in human capital and a growing list of acquisition programs need to be resolved.
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GAO: DHS slow to upgrade border security
Auditors report that the department has implemented only 11 of 50 recommendations for upgrading border security.
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IG: TSA needs better ways to catch criminals
Airline employees had smuggled guns and marijuana aboard a commercial flight.
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Also in the News: DOD targeted by widespread malware
The L.A. Times reports that military computers in U.S. Central Command and elsewhere have been hit hard by an attack that might have originated in Russia.
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DHS seeks radical ways to detect dangerous cargo
A new program aims to monitor cargo after it is sealed and while it is in transit, according to a request for information.
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NASA shares Ares rocket development updates on iTunes
The agency’s video segments highlight milestones in the space vehicles’ progress.
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DOD toughens checks on risky contract type
Acquisition officials put more teeth in the defense acquisition rules to require more justifications for using time-and-materials contracts.
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Experts tackle guidance to stop cyberattacks
A new group is developing guidelines that would focus on strategies to fix vulnerabilities most often exploited to breach information and network security.
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DOD wants to fix creaky distribution systems
The Defense Department seeks to replace multiple systems to have a single, unified program.
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