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  • The University of Maryland\'s CIO Certificate program focuses on teaching its students to meet the challenges of management and leadership. The certificate program is one of several affiliated with GSA\'s CIO University. January 19, 2012

    January 19, 2012
  • The federal CIO said he\'s not concerned that the administration\'s cloud initiative will fall victim to the same types of roadblocks lawmakers set out for e-government seven years ago. VanRoekel said members of Congress need data on the value cloud computing brings. He also said vendor management organizations and mobile computing are among his short term priorities.

    January 19, 2012
  • Hacker collective Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the Justice Department\'s website just hours after Justice officials shut down a popular file-sharing websites.

    January 19, 2012
  • The environmental problems we\'re facing today are more complex than those of 40 years ago. What is EPA doing to better incorporate sustainability into its decision-making? Why is EPA involved in green chemistry research? Join host Michael Keegan on the next The Business of Government Hour as he explores these questions and so much more with Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    January 19, 2012
  • Belva Martin, the director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the agency\'s latest report on the use of the national-security exception in defense contracting. GAO concluded the Defense Department\'s rules for when its agencies must disclose the use of the exception are unclear.

    January 19, 2012
  • Since 1988, the annual Leukemia Ball has raised more than $42 million for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma and improve the quality of life of patients and…

    January 19, 2012
  • Since Pakistan shut down U.S. supply lines in late 2011, the Pentagon has been spending more than six times what it normally does to get supplies to troops in Afghanistan. According to information obtained by the Associated Press, it now costs about $104 million per month to move the supplies through a longer northern route, $87 million more a month than when the cargo moved through Pakistan.

    January 19, 2012
  • Randy Vanderhoof, the executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about a potential cybersecurity vulnerability with the Defense Department\'s Common Access Card.

    January 19, 2012
  • Tom Allen, the chairman of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the recent report it released to stakeholders, which serves as the board\'s three-year plan.

    January 19, 2012
  • Chris Gorman, manager partner of the Efiia Group, and Kelly O\'Connor, the president of Efiia Cares, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss mobility in government.

    January 19, 2012
  • The Defense and State Departments have agreed on a new personnel-sharing agreement that State officials called the most \"significant formal exchange of personnel\" in the history of both departments. The new Memorandum of Understanding on the Non-Reimbursable Exchange of Personnel expands personnel-sharing between the two departments, which was capped at 50 positions. The MOU increases the number of DoD personnel working at State to 98.

    January 19, 2012
  • The board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan is reminding federal employees that their G Fund investments are safe — even if the government reaches the debt ceiling and cannot issue new securities to the G fund.

    January 19, 2012
  • Russel Rumbaugh, co-director of budgeting for foreign affairs and defense at the Stimson Center, sees the looming sequester as an empty threat. Meanwhile, DoD and the administration move forward with significant cuts in spending.

    January 19, 2012
  • The company says the network can virtually connect clients in or outside government with thousands of cyber experts, technologies and solutions.

    January 19, 2012