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The Army said it has both a demand for renewable energy and the land that private industry needs to make large-scale generation projects viable. A new task force aims to speed the process of putting private renewable energy facilities on Army real estate.
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Departments require technology employees to be more technical as they buy services from cloud computing providers. Program and project managers also are in high demand, which has led VA, HHS and HUD to begin figuring out how to address the shortfall in employees.
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For lots of federal and military investors the old line, \"don\'t fix it if it ain\'t broke\" seems to mirror what they think of their Thrift Savings Plan, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
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Matt Perry is making wide-ranging effort to improve the Office of Personnel Management\'s technology infrastructure. This includes data storage and analytics to make processing HR information easier. September 15, 2011
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Bill Woods, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at GAO, explains the watchdog agency\'s recommendations for getting a handle on these contracting costs.
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These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today. Agencies are starting to realize that managing systems in the cloud requires a much different type of workforce than the current approach. And…
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In its latest attempt to climb out of the red, the Postal Service is studying 252 mail processing centers for closure to save up to $3 billion a year. While 35,000 jobs would be cut, the agency says that all processing employees would be affected. With a network half the size, the Postal Service could no longer deliver first-class mail within one day.
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After 10 years of war with al-Qaida, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said yesterday it\'s not over and even though Osama BIn Laden has been take out of the picture. He says, the potential for another devastating terrorist assault \"remains very real,\" Those comments came after a visit to ground zero at the World Trade Center. Panetta also visited the Shanksville, Pennsylvania site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed, after passengers revolted and stormed the cockpit thwarting the hijackers plot to crash the 757 in Washington.
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The Wikileaks problem is still --a problem. The anti-secrecy group is blaming the Guardian newspaper for exposing a massive archive of un-redacted State Department documents. Defense Department spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said the reality is \"once WikiLeaks has these documents in its possession, it loses control and information gets out whether they intend (it) to or not.\" WikiLeaks claimed that it had tried to warn the State Department about what was about to happen.
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If you haven\'t noticed it already, you\'re getting a closer look from police and you enter and move through the subway system and the streets of Washington. Law enforcement have been preparing for the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by increasing their security profiles. That includes airports, train stations, nuclear plants and major sporting arenas. Counterterrorism officials have not indicated there is any credible threat, but they recognize the event is a big target date for terrorists.
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is recommending a slew of cuts to federal agencies as part of the effort to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion in the next decade.
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OMB, DHS issue guidance for 2011 reporting of the Federal Information Security Management Act detailing the requirement to use the automated tool. In the 2012 budget guidance, OMB initially wanted Cyberscope used starting Sept. 30.
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The BRAC deadline is being met with staggered deadlines, WTOP reports, that are expected to drag on for years.
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The short-term spending bill will keep government funded through midnight Nov. 18.
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