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The Pentagon is investigating the death of an Army officer while he was chatting with his wife via Skype recently. DoD says Capt. Bruce K. Clark, 43, Spencerport, N.Y., died May 1, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The military says the circumstances of his death are not immediately available. Clark was assigned to A Company, Troop Command, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas. Clark was a nurse who grew up in Michigan. Clark's body was returned Thursday to Dover Air Force Base.
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The offer will be $7.75 per share, a 48 percent premium over GTSI's closing stock price Friday.
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The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals — or Sammies — recognize federal employees who have gone above and beyond in their work. This year, 33 feds were named finalists in eight categories. Federal News Radio will be interviewing the finalists in the coming weeks.
May 07, 2012 -
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Al Almanza of the USDA describes the agency's proposals to modernize food inspection, especially for raw chickens. And federal benefits consultant Ed Zurndorfer outlines the new Roth Thrift Savings Plan option that is being rolled out today.
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Democrats know they don't have 60 votes for a bill backed by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).
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The Department of Homeland Security is urging natural gas pipeline operators to look out for suspicious emails. The agency said they are part of an organized cyber attack that began five months ago.
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DISA has released a request for information that says the single network would replace three existing ones. By 2020, it says the wired and wireless network would provide bandwidth on demand where none is available now.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is testing the effects of transcendental meditation on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
May 07, 2012 -
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The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today's news includes a senator finding his "worst fears" about the IRS' whistleblower program coming true and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is low-balling its estimates on decommissioning nuclear power plants.
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The Partnership for Public Service announced the 33 finalists contending for Service to America Medals for 2012.
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The administration will issued the Mythbusters 2 memo today. The document takes aim at commonly held misconceptions by vendors. It follows the initial Mythbusters memo issued in February 2011 focusing on agency-held fallacies.
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Competition, reliance on commercial technology drove down prices for IT consolidation on ships, Navy official says. The service still is figuring out how to integrate CANES with its NGEN shore-based system. The RFP for NGEN is expected any day.
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When government workers foul up we know their name, rank and serial number, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But when someone in the media makes an inexcusable 'mistake' his — or her — name is kept secret for privacy reasons. So, what's wrong with this picture?
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Every week, Federal News Radio's Ruben Gomez speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about fun things to do in and near the nation's capital.
May 05, 2012
