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The Lectern: Latest news from Sweden!

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Letter: Company supports GSA's mentor-protégé program

A reader from BMAR & Associates calls GSA's proposed mentor/protégé program a positive action.

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GAO: Congress should update privacy laws

A key law governing the federal government’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information was written before the Digital Age, a Government Accountability Office executive says.

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CIA collaborates online

The managing editor of the World Intelligence Review, the CIA's flagship daily intelligence publication, discusses how online collaboration tools help the agency disseminate information.

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Get a Life!: A death at work

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GAO: Banks need stricter access controls

The Government Accountability Office had reviewed internal controls for financial reporting for debt securities services when it identified weaknesses in security controls.

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Panel seeks input from GSA's customers

A panel reviewing the agency's multiple-award schedule program plans to solicit customers' comments.

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Army goes online to manage personnel weight loss program

The service will use Adobe software and the Web to apply a consistent weight-loss regimen for service members.

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DOD contingency plan includes furloughs

A Defense Department plan would furlough noncritical civilian employees in DOD's War on Terror operations if Congress fails to appropriate supplemental funding.

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Letter: Act to preserve electronic records needs funding support

A reader doesn't want to see the Electronic Communications Preservation Act become another "unfunded mandate."

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Letter: Clearance process flaws suggest DOD indifference

A reader writes, "The dawdling, neglect and indifference shown in this security clearance process suggest that [the Defense Department] does not appear serious about gaining or retaining the services of professional linguists."

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Appeals court overturns Safavian convictions

A federal appeals court today overturned the convictions on some counts of former Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator David Safavian and ordered a new trial on others.

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New deadline for conflict-of-interest comments

Interested parties now have until July 17 to comment on how the government should handle potential conflicts of interest among service contractors' employees.

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Senate confirms Leiter as NCTC director

Michael Leiter has been acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center since November 2007.

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Defense health IT shop reorganizes

A shakeup consolidates “like product lines” for clinical health IT and health business systems in separate program offices and managers are named.

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Comings and Goings: Samuel Visner joins CSC

Samuel Visner has joined Computer Sciences Corporation as vice president of strategy and business development in its North American Public Sector.

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IG concerned about Census' address collection

The Commerce Department's Inspector general said the Census Bureau must improve its maps and address database for the 2010 census.

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White House wins round in e-mail fight

A federal judge has ruled that the White House’s Office of Administration does not have to release documents that detail the White House’s e-mail archive practices. The documents were sought by a group suing the White House for allegedly losing millions of messages.

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FCW Insider: FCW-WFED radio show notes...talking Virtual Alabama

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EPA seeks info-sharing ideas

EPA launched a temporary blog to collect best practices on information sharing from the public.