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  • The Library of Congress is offering special, paid internships for college students this summer. Junior Fellows Summer Interns will work full-time and gain real-world federal government experience. Dr. Deanna B. Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library…

    February 27, 2009
  • Jonathan Allen is a political reporter at Congressional Quarterly, where he has covered House and Senate leadership, electons, the federal budget and numerous other issues. He is a winner of the 2008 Dirksen Award for…

    February 27, 2009
  • The federal government continues to go through the White House budget proposal with a fine tooth comb. The Libertarian think tank The Cato Institute believes this budget gives “big government” a whole new meaning. Chris…

    February 27, 2009
  • The Defense Department chief information officer John Grimes signed a unified communications strategy in January. Among the things it requires is for DoD to run tests using the Internet for all communication needs. DoD’s plan…

    February 27, 2009
  • The National Academy of Public Administration has spent the last nine months looking at how effective The Office of National Drug Control Policy, known commonly as the drug czar, is, and what the office can…

    February 27, 2009
  • Maj. Gen. Carlos Pair is retiring from the Defense Department\'s Business Transformation Agency after 37 years of active service.

    February 27, 2009
  • Editor’s note: Updated at 3:45p ET Godspeed to GSA legend Nancy Potter It seems to be one of those days, but… we also get news today that GSA legend Nancy Potter passed away yesterday at…

    February 27, 2009
  • In what I think is a very powerful step, the director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag is re-joining the blogosphere. As I mentioned back in November, as the head of the…

    February 27, 2009
  • In a notice on FedBizOpps.gov, GSA says as of now the contract will include two levels with four functional areas in each level.

    February 27, 2009
  • Defrauding the federal government is not enough to stop the award of future contracts.

    February 27, 2009
  • The Forest Service could be moving. The office is now under the Department of Agriculture – but could soon fall under Interior. Robin Nazzaro is Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Issues at the Government…

    February 27, 2009
  • President Barack Obama has approved a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq over the next 19 months. But this isn’t a complete exit: Up to 50,000 troops could remain in the country. Lawrence Korb, assistant…

    February 27, 2009
  • How do convicts get federal contracts? That’s what the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wanted to find out yesterday. Chairman Edolphus Towns of New York tells us about what they learned and how they…

    February 27, 2009
  • Departmental spending breakdown A summary of spending proposals Source: Gov’t on verge of deal to aid Citigroup GSA leases L Street space for TARP (WashingtonBusinessJournal) Firms defraud government but get new US contracts Government continues…

    February 27, 2009