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  • How can technology help agencies stretch their IT budgets? MeriTalk, an online community focusing on IT and public policy, has recently co-authored a report (pdf) promoting open source software, cloud computing and virtualization as a…

    February 20, 2009
  • Hackers break into government travel site, feed users attack code (ComputerWorld) Survey to check attitudes on privacy, services (FCW) Policing TARP Proves Tricky (Wall Street Journal) Nearly Half of U.S. Servicemembers Confident About Retirement, 22…

    February 20, 2009
  • The budget process for 2009 is starting. The Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee heard testimony about the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 at a hearing last week. Click to watch the entire hearing

    February 19, 2009
  • On the heels of President Obama’s order sending more troops to Afghanistan, Lieutenant General David Barno of the National Defense University talked about strategy in that country at an event hosted by the American Enterprise…

    February 19, 2009
  • Terry McAuliffe Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Derrick Thomas AFGE District 2 National Vice President Brian Moran Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Arlene Holt Baker AFL-CIO Executive Vice President

    February 19, 2009
  • We’ve been telling you about the $19 billion of spending on health I-T that is included in the stimulus bill. Yesterday on the Daily Debrief, we spoke to Lena Trudeau of the National Academy of…

    February 19, 2009
  • Mary Ellen Callahan has been named as the Department of Homeland Security\'s chief privacy officer.

    February 19, 2009
  • The Office of Management and Budget has released a 62-page memo offering guidance on what your agency should do with money from the economic stimulus plan. I asked Alan Balutis, a long-time Fed now with…

    February 19, 2009
  • Publication of pay-for-performance data made in \"spirit of transparency,\" program head defends system despite \"culture shock.\"

    February 19, 2009
  • OMB issues stimulus guidance to agencies (GovExec) Vilsack calls for stricter food labels OMB issues stimulus guidance to agencies (GovExec) Trouble brewing over final stimulus oversight language (GovExec) EXCLUSIVE: Spy agency focus of shakeup (Washington…

    February 19, 2009
  • Our own Amy Morris will be appearing on Federal News Tonight on NewsChannel 8. She’ll be talking about curing the FERS Flu and the backlog at the Social Security Administration. The show starts at 7:30…

    February 18, 2009
  • By February 28, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will demonstrate the nationwide health information network with

    February 18, 2009
  • Intelligence is the name of the game for CACI International. Paul Cofoni, the company’s President and CEO, told me working with the intel community is a big part of CACI’s portfolio. We covered a number…

    February 18, 2009
  • The first testimony by new Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair was before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Admiral Blair talked about potential threats to the nation and how the intel community is…

    February 18, 2009