Filling Out the List

Another name has been added to the Obama Administration’s list of cabinet secretaries. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is the President-elect’s selection to head up the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Transparency and a New Chief Technology Officer

Continuing a discussion we had last week (scroll down to “Chief Technology Officer: Not So Much), Jim Harper of the Cato Institute moderated a panel of experts talking about the role of transparency in the Federal government, and what should be included in the portfolio of a CTO.

Language Artists in the Military

Troops with language skills are in short supply in the military. Col. Sue Ann Sandusky is Commandant of the Defense Language Institute, and she gave us a progress report on what the military is doing to close the language gap in the Defense Department.

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Fighting Cyber Threats

Cyber attacks on Federal agencies have increased in the last several years. The Heritage Foundation hosted an event called “Under Attack: Today’s Cyber Threat” that included a discussion on protecting Federal networks from attack.

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