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  • From cell phones to Blackberrys to wireless cards in laptops, nearly every federal worker and contractor connects to the Internet wirelessly these days. But there is no federal standard for securing these connections.

    February 13, 2009
  • While many agencies have addressed wireless security in one way or another, the approach has not been standard across the government. That’s why the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is giving agencies guidance…

    February 13, 2009
  • A Federal appeals court says the privacy rights of cable TV customers trumps the needs of providers to sell subscribers personal information.

    February 13, 2009
  • Lawmakers and the markets gave a lukewarm response to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s public address on how Obama administration’s financial rescue plan. Neil Irwin, Washington Post Financial Reporter, joins us to discuss the remaining challenges…

    February 13, 2009
  • A number of questions about FEMA are circulating these days. When will the agency get a new Administrator? Was their response to the disasters in Kentucky and Oklahoma sufficient? And will FEMA get any money…

    February 13, 2009
  • The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants to give returning vets who take classes online some parity with those who go to brick-and-mortar schools.

    February 13, 2009
  • A fresh face on the Hill talks about stimulating the economy and federal workers

    February 13, 2009
  • Current state of \'homeland security\': After seven years, how did we get here?

    February 13, 2009
  • How would you like some more cash in your pocket? Well, there might be some hope in the form of your own personal economic stimulus. Registered Employee Benefit Consultant Ed Zurndorfer joins us to explain.…

    February 13, 2009
  • A few of President Barack Obama’s cabinet nominees have taken heat for tax discrepancies. Some have withdrawn their names from consideration, but Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner didn’t. Is this a double standard? Jonathan Adler is…

    February 13, 2009
  • How do federal agencies work together to keep you safe when there’s a public health scare … like the recent peanut butter salmonella outbreak? Doctor Ali S. Kahn works for the Centers for Disease Control…

    February 13, 2009
  • How do you juggle four different jobs at once? That’s the very situation Congressman Gerry Connolly finds himself in. He has subcommittee assignments on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee – and also sits…

    February 13, 2009
  • White House orders agencies to plan oversight of stimulus spending (GovExec) OPM gives Pentagon personnel system high marks (GovExec) For some, FAA not moving fast enough to modernize air traffic control system (GCN) Obama’s picks…

    February 13, 2009
  • CSIS finds medium size companies saw their market share shrink by 11 percent

    February 13, 2009