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  • “Transparency” has been the key word in most everything the Obama Administration does. Now, one group is trying to bring transparency to the markets. The Commodity Futures Trade Commission is releasing a monthly report on…

    February 06, 2009
  • You might have seen it – it was kind of hard to miss. NASA’s lunar rover accompanied the crew of STS-126 during the Inauguration Parade. Rob Ambrose is Deputy Division Chief of the Automation Robotics…

    February 06, 2009
  • The Department of Agriculture is starting a five-year pay-for-performance program for almost 3,000 employees in the Food Safety Inspection Service. It should be noted that these feds are all part of a non-bargaining unit and…

    February 06, 2009
  • Federal Agencies With Growing Problems Await New Leaders, Direction (WashingtonPost) Federal database for ID checks hits bumps (USAToday) NCPC OKs National Naval Medical Center master plan update (WashingtonBusinessJournal) Base realignment boon becomes burden in recession…

    February 06, 2009
  • Group to submit suggestions to GSA administrator in early March

    February 06, 2009
  • Egyptian security officials say they arrested a HAMAS member along their boder with the Gaza Strip.

    February 05, 2009
  • During our daily preview of The Daily Debrief, I told Chris Dorobek I was getting a buzz haircut since my son Francis aced his report card this marking period. Chris suggested before and after pictures…

    February 05, 2009
  • For the past several years, former Comptroller General David Walker has been traveling the country, trying to warn of the looming problems from the mushrooming federal deficit. He was even the star of a critically…

    February 05, 2009
  • As expected most of the reaction to President Obama expected nomination of Vivek Kundra as the next OMB administrator for e-government and IT has been optimism. But there has been a lot of questions about…

    February 05, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio has learned that Vivek Kundra – the chief technology officer for the Washington, DC government — will be the OMB administrator for e-government and information technology. What challenges does he face… and who is…

    February 05, 2009
  • The financial headlines have been filled with the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. The response of the Securities and Exchange Commission to warnings about Bernard Madoff’s business practices was the subject of a hearing of the…

    February 05, 2009
  • Republicans on the the House Homeland Security Committee are concerned over the removal of several specific areas from the committee’s oversight plan. The Democrats detailed some of their agenda Wednesday during a business meeting. Several…

    February 05, 2009
  • Iran’s successful launch of its first satellite into orbit suggests a strong desire to become both a space and nuclear power. One element of the launch: It has shifted focus away from Iran becoming a…

    February 05, 2009
  • FEMA has been the subject of a lot of attention over the past few years–not all of it the good kind. Among other topics, observers have watched the way the agency interacts with state and…

    February 05, 2009