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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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Editorial: The collaboration era

The real power of information comes when it is shared.

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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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USPS names Philo as new CIO

Ross Philo comes to the Postal Service from industry.

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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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DHS allows industry liaison to keep his business ties

The Science and Technology Directorate allows its first chief commercialization officer to maintain some of his ties to industry, and although Thomas Cellucci has recused himself from potential conflicts of interest, some observers worry about appearances.