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  • SophosLabs reports spammers are targeting users and tricking them into clicking on and infecting their computers with a Trojan horse. The messages, sent from what appears to be the U.S. Postal Service use a variety of subject lines such as, \"Track your parcel\" and \"Your package is available for pickup.\"

    December 01, 2011
  • Hackers responsible for the botnet known as Duqu, have been clearing their tracks. Computerworld reports the hackers have cleraed and cleaned all their known servers all the way back to 2009.

    December 01, 2011
  • The agency has released an RFI asking for infrastructure and platform-as-a-service options.

    December 01, 2011
  • Joseph Jordan will begin his new job in mid-December as adviser to OMB Deputy Director Jeff Zients, an OMB spokeswoman told Federal News Radio. He joined the Small Business Administration in March 2009.

    December 01, 2011
  • Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced a new set of dismissal and closure notifications for federal employees. The meat of the changes allow for staggered early departure with a final departure time, immediate departure and shelter-in-place.

    December 01, 2011
  • This holiday season join Federal News Radio in support of the Washington Literacy Council, one of Washington’s oldest adult literacy programs. The Washington Literacy Council helps adults improve their literacy skills which in turn increases…

    December 01, 2011
  • Debra Roth, a partner at Shaw, Bransford and Roth, discusses the implications surrounding the recent case of a Medal of Honor recipient suing his former employer for defamation.

    December 01, 2011
  • Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) had objected the move that he said would further exacerbate traffic in the area. Now the Army\'s inspector general is issuing a report this week concluding the Army used flawed traffic data to make its case for locating workers to the current location along Interstate 395.

    December 01, 2011
  • Earl Devaney said he is stepping down as the head of the Recovery Board, created to oversee spending under the $787 billion stimulus fund program.

    December 01, 2011
  • Work begins in January on 20,000-niche columbarium that will will extend the cemetery\'s inurnment space to 2024.

    December 01, 2011
  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris 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.

    December 01, 2011
  • USA Search, which hosts search services over more than 500 government sites, topped the list of award winners presented by CTOlabs.com.

    December 01, 2011
  • Agencies have tons of data but don\'t always use it wisely. A new report examines how a few agencies are analyzing statistics to reach their goals. The Partnership for Public Service and IBM suggest in their report agencies try the 2002 Oakland A\'s approach to using statistics to build a winning team.

    December 01, 2011
  • The department must decide by Dec. 15 whether or not it will follow GAO\'s recommendations after losing a bid protest decision. VA tries to explain why service-disabled veteran owned firms do not receive the highest priority for all contracts. Lawmakers express frustration over the agency\'s explanation.

    December 01, 2011