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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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Obama names CBO head Orszag as OMB's director
President-elect Barack Obama also promises to put the federal budget under a microscope to eliminate unnecessary programs and require others to be cost effective.
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How will your agency check its spending?
Recognizing the importance of acquisition, GAO gives Congress a few questions to ask President-elect Obama's nominees for top jobs.
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Letter: Government stands in way of private-sector benefits
A reader writes that government is not as efficient as private industry in administrative tasks.
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Coast Guard seeks training for acquisition staffers
After experiencing acquisition problems and losing some buying authority for major projects, the service is looking for a contractor to train employees.
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DHS eases rule on imports
The National Association of Manufacturers is hailing new flexibilities in the rule, which could have had a negative effect on computer makers, but says further modifications are needed.
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BREAKING NEWS: Obama picks Peter Orszag as OMB director
President-Elect Barack Obama picks Peter Orszag as the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Letter: Fun with math
A reader does some math for the $1.2 billion TSA awarded Lockheed Martin for a human resources support contract.
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Transition Watch: Daschle likely to push for health IT
Obama's pick for HHS secretary is an advocate of expanding health information technology as one part of a comprehensive health reform program, Government Health IT reports.
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Letter: Don't blame contractors for data leaks
A reader writes to say employees of the Defense Department and the federal government share blame for data leaks.
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Staffer: FISMA bill will pass in the next Congress
The Senate will approve an updated Federal Information Security Management Act previously moved along by a committee, a Senate staffer predicted.
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Letter: What were senators' concerns?
A reader writes to ask why two senators have put holds on the re-authorization of the E-Gov Act.
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