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Sen. Lieberman wants congressional research to be public
He is urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein to make unclassified CRS reports available on a public database, where the reports would be automatically posted after CRS publishes or updates them.
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Obama promises small-biz support
Federal contracting dollars intended for small businesses should go to those businesses, the Democratic presidential candidate says.
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Coast Guard tests waters with new patrol programs
The Coast Guard is working to interdict coastal smugglers and illegal cross-border traffickers in Canada and using biometrics to catch human traffickers near Puerto Rico.
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Lawmakers want quality, not quantity, in security clearances
OMB's Clay Johnson defended the security clearance process by saying the important issue is it has not led to any security breaches.
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SES pay is broken, critics say
Senior Executives Association complains that promotion to SES has lost its luster.
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A collaboration leader
Angela Norris learned leadership lessons as a member of Voyagers class of 2007.
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Letters: The problem with NSPS
The National Security Personnel System continues to inspire fear, loathing and letters to the editor.
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DOD rallies around Lean Six Sigma
The methodology has become the Defense Department's "tool of choice" for business transformation.
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DHS pushes back schedule for deploying virtual fence
The department has given SBInet more time to complete its first phase.
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Survey shows CIOs losing seat at the table
ITAA's 18th annual CIO Survey finds more chief information officers are not reporting to the agency's head.
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Transportation security officers get more whistleblower protection
They can appeal whistleblower retaliation complaints to the Merit Systems Protection Board under a new agreement.
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Letter: Stop stripping Americans of their privacy
A reader says we should enforce the laws already in place instead of finding new ways to take away Americans’ civil liberties.
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Report: NARA doubted White House e-mail archives in 2004
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a detailed account of the archive system, but Republicans questioned that report's veracity.
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DHS seeks new workforce formula
The department's chief procurement officer says he will change the formula officials use to determine the appropriate number of acquisition workers.
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Census to update online database
The Census Bureau awarded a contract to IBM Global Business Services Federal to replace American FactFinder, its Web portal for population data.
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TSA deputy CIO moving to U.S. Courts
Joe Peters becomes the fourth senior technology executive to leave DHS in the past month.
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VA fills out security staff with CISO
Jaren Doherty was the chief information security officer at HHS and NIH.
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