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  • Despite billion in stimulus money, the electric gird is no safer from cyber attacks than it was.

    May 01, 2012
  • Cyber warriors from the Air Force Academy's first dedicated cyber team swept through the country securing networks and taking names in April.

    May 01, 2012
  • This is the Federal Drive show blog. Here you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

    May 01, 2012
  • Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy said told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp the State Department will be offering its experience and guidance to Secret Service employees when they are working in foreign countries.

    May 01, 2012
  • The agency announced it awarded Onix, the company which protested the 2010 contract, a $35 million deal to provide email-as-a-service to 92,000 employees. Under the terms of the deal, Onix must fully migrate Interior employees to the cloud by December.

    May 01, 2012
  • Of the more than 8,200 respondents, 86 percent were satisfied with TSP, according to the survey by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

    May 01, 2012
  • Iran has issued a statement condemning the Koran burning incident in Afghanistan. The Islamic Republic of Iran's Foreign Ministry says it strongly condemned this "absurd, insulting and provocative". The statement appears to be aimed at the global religious community and it suggests that they should be upset with the U.S. military and it's imploring Christian scholars around the globe to speak out and increase the pressure on the U.S. military.

    May 01, 2012
  • Russia is resisting new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program. It warning the European Union that the ban on purchasing Iranian oil will end up hurting the bloc itself. In the meantime, no one has claimed responsibility for the cyber-attack on Iran's oil facilities. A virus hit the internet and communications systems of the oil ministry and national oil company forcing Iran to disconnect the control systems of Kharg Island, which handles the vast majority of Iran's crude exports.

    May 01, 2012
  • Another Green on Blue incident in Afghanistan. A man wearing an Afghan army uniform fatally shot an American service member in southern Afghanistan yesterday. This is the latest in a string of attacks against American and other foreign forces by their Afghan partners or insurgents in disguise. Since the beginning of the year, there have been at least 16 attacks against American and other foreign troops by Afghan security forces or militants dressed as Afghan troops.

    May 01, 2012
  • The Justice Department has a new watchdog. Michael Horowitz was confirmed as the inspector general at the end of March.

    May 01, 2012
  • The Pentagon Force Protection Agency is now ten years old and four times bigger than the security agency that guarded the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. PFPA is trying to guard that workforce growth amidst budget reductions.

    May 01, 2012
  • Contracting problems could slow the government's planned launch a new kind of air traffic control system. The plan is for NextGen to eventually replace radars with satellites that track planes. Bloomberg Government transportation policy expert Matt Zisman has taken a close look at the IG audit.

    May 01, 2012
  • Melvin Russell, acting director of Defense Media Activity and visionary of the American Forces Radio and Television Service, has retired after 51 years of military and civilian service.

    May 01, 2012
  • A new project lets SSA disability case processing sites take in DoD electronic medical records originating in multiple locations. That capability went nationwide this week. The centers simply log onto a single DoD website.

    May 01, 2012