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Transition Watch: Obama sets transition ethics rules
President-elect Barack Obama has set guidelines for people working in his transition operation, including a ban on lobbyists working on issues related to their lobbying efforts.
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Also in the News: Obama to take White House communications online
Armed with 10 million e-mail addresses collected during the presidential campaign, Obama aides plan to reach out directly to their supporters via the World Wide Web.
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In the news: Should Obama's CTO be a CIO?
A technology analyst, writing for Network World's Web site, argues that what the Obama administration really needs is a governmentwide CIO, not just CTO.
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Obama moves to appoint transition team
The president-elect has named his initial appointees, and his transition team has moved into its transition offices.
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Letter: A proper approach to changing federal workforce
A reader writes to suggest his approach to changing the federal workforce under President-elect Obama.
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In the news: Hackers launch Obama-themed malware attack
Spam recipients are directed to a site that cripples their PCs' security, according to Computerworld.
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Letter: Outsource elections to private businesses
A reader writes that elections should be outsourced to businesses that are better at processing transactions than the federal government.
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Buzz of the Week: Vote early, vote often
This week’s election could be the last — at least for the near future — in which electronic voting systems play a major role
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Campaign surrogates face off at leadership conference
Obama, McCain representatives debate IT policy
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From ELC: McCain, Obama IT reps face off
Technology representatives for John McCain and Barack Obama trade views about how their candidate would tackle a variety of IT issues if elected president.
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Letter: Google CEO as chief technology officer would be idiocy
A reader expresses his dismay with the idea of selecting Google CEO Eric Schmidt to a chief technology officer position in an Obama administration.
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GSA creates private network for transition teams
Teams will have computers, Internet access and e-mail through a virtual private network.
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Editorial: The case for the status quo
Career feds must find a way to convince the new team to retain initiatives that are worth preserving.
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Letter: Limits to cost-plus contracting not a solution to limit waste
A reader writes about eliminating cost-plus contracting, "It certainly generated a buzz within our community, and that is good because it means many recall that history has shown us that this is not a good way to go."
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