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  • On today\'s Federal Drive: Talk of government shutdown has ratcheted up as lawmakers squabble over a CR, federal information sharing efforts have taken off and the House prepares to square off over various proposals to reform the Postal Service.

    September 21, 2011
  • A six-week continuing resolution did not pass the House in a vote today. The government runs out of funds on Sept. 30 if Congress does not pass a bill. What\'s more, lawmakers face a shortened deadline to sort out 2012 funding — Congress will be in recess all next week.

    September 21, 2011
  • Several agencies and other countries are using the The National Information Exchange Model framework to create common vocabularies for everything from orange juice production to cybersecurity and health care. Kshemendra Paul, the program manager for the Information Sharing Environment, said the U.S., Mexico and Canada have signed an agreement to run pilots using standards based on NIEM for pandemic and public safety information sharing.

    September 21, 2011
  • The service no can longer pump money into ambitions that don\'t offer any immediate prospect of payoff, especially if those projects don\'t promise to deliver something the Air Force truly needs, the service\'s top officer said Tuesday.

    September 21, 2011
  • The plan to require feds to pay more for their pensions is a blow to your take-home pay, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, but it could have been — and may yet be — a lot worse.

    September 21, 2011
  • Aileen Black, vice president for the Public Sector for VMware, answers your questions about virtualization. September 20, 2011

    September 20, 2011
  • A House subcommittee will markup legislation Wednesday to address the Postal Service\'s financial problems. President Obama unveiled his reform proposal earlier this week. Postal Service officials say, if enacted, it would give them the breathing room they need to make major network changes.

    September 20, 2011
  • President Barack Obama has proposed an open government plan that includes more streamlined responses to FOIA requests, digital record management, a revamped regulations.gov and new measures to promote public participation in government. He presented the plan at a meeting of the international Open Government Partnership in New York.

    September 20, 2011
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said it\'s possible there will be a government shutdown at the end of this month.

    September 20, 2011
  • Cynthia Henderson is a leadership development expert, coach and trainer.

    September 20, 2011
  • The FBI is investigating more than 400 cyber hijackings of corporate bank accounts, after cyber criminals have taken over the accounts of American companies, school districts and even some local government offices and made unauthorized wire transfers.

    September 20, 2011
  • Former White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke said recently smartphones remain a huge cybersecurity problem for the U.S. In an interview with Computerworld-New Zealand, Clarke said that smartphones are the newest and largest vulnerability in the U.S.

    September 20, 2011
  • Government contractor CACI has landed a $33 million contract with the Navy\'s Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, The Washington Business Journal reports.

    September 20, 2011
  • A new website designed to meet the needs of the evolving federal community WASHINGTON, D.C. September 20, 2011 – Federal News Radio 1500 AM today announced the launch of their website redesign, making information on…

    September 20, 2011