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• Workforce one of three keys to Army’s cyber future

  The Army\'s new cyber command, only 11 months old, is working to implement a strategic plan based on three pillars. One challenge is building a workforce that can meet the service\'s offensive and defensive objectives in cyberspace.

  Defense

  August 29, 2011
• Cool Jobs: The Veteran’s Healer

  Diane Phillips is the patient-centered care coordinator at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

  Defense

  August 29, 2011
• The Runs of August

  Americans have faced lots of natural disasters this year but now Washington and other major federal centers are suffering the impact of an annual mass-migration that brings both joy and despair. Mike Causey reports, literally, from the eye of the storm.

  Mike Causey

  August 29, 2011
• Telework is more than a perk

  Recent events have elevated the importance of telework in the federal government ranks.

  Budget

  August 28, 2011
• Fed buildings closed due to power outages from Hurricane Irene

  The General Services Administration is working with power companies from Maryland to Massachusetts to fix the problems. OPM said agencies in Washington are open as usual Monday and employees can use unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework if necessary.

  Budget

  August 28, 2011
• What feds need to know after Hurricane Irene

  The Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration are providing information for federal employees in the event Hurricane Irene causes federal building closures.

  Acquisition

  August 28, 2011
• Disaster safety: Preparing for earthquakes and hurricanes

  Host Derrick Dortch is joined by Julie Rochman, president of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. August 26, 2011

  Fed Access

  August 26, 2011
• Think you know the MSPB? Think again!

  Merit Systems Protection Board Executive Director Steve Lenkart and John Crum, director of MSPB\'s Office of Policy and Evaluation, join host Debra Roth to talk about the challenges facing the agency. August 26, 2011

  FEDtalk

  August 26, 2011
• Cloud use continues to grow, new report shows

  While the number of agencies adopting cloud computing continues to grow so does the number of private sector companies, according to a new report. 72 percent of the IT professionals surveyed said they plan to increase their use of the cloud over the next year. Of those, 64 percent said they plan to spend at [...]

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  August 26, 2011
• Agencies collaborate before, during, after Irene

  FEMA is leading the effort to prepare for the impending hurricane, but also the aftermath of the storm. DHS is using lessons learned from a 2009 exercise to prepare for the hurricane. Agencies from HHS to FCC to the Coast Guard and many others are putting the pieces in place to respond and help recover from Hurricane Irene.

  Budget

  August 26, 2011
• IT preparation for Hurricane Irene

  Admiral Patricia Tracey is the Vice President at HP. She explains how IT experts should be preparing for Hurricane Irene.

  All News

  August 26, 2011
• Reporters’ Roundup: Getting ready for Irene

  Every agency across the board is phase one of a hurricane: preparation. But the federal government from FEMA to the Coast Guard to the Department of Health and Human Services are already turning an eye…

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  August 26, 2011
• First DHS CIO describes agency’s IT evolution

  The Homeland Security Department is a young agency that was formed as a result of 9/11. Steve Cooper discusses the development of the agency. Cooper was the first Chief Information Officer at Homeland Security and is the current CIO at FAA.

  Technology

  August 26, 2011
• Apple’s influence on the federal IT market

  Tim Hoechst is the Chief Technology Officer at Agilex Technologies.

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  August 26, 2011