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  • Earlier this week we told you about a phishing scam targeting certain TSP members. Some Department of Justice employees received emails saying that if they’ve lost more than 30-percent in their TSP, they should click…

    January 30, 2009
  • Yesterday, we told you about the potential that so-called Buy American provisions could be included in the multi-billion dollar stimulus package. It has stirred passions on many different sides of this issue. Among the opponents:…

    January 30, 2009
  • Under $85 million deal, vendor to provide development services

    January 30, 2009
  • (From December 19, 2008) – We have been telling you about the feature on the Obama transition team Web site that allows you to ask a question — and even rate the questions asked by…

    January 30, 2009
  • Federal agencies are currently in transition mode as the Obama Administration settles in – and some new feds might be wondering about the challenges involved with cybersecurity. Yesterday, we tackled the topic with federal contractor…

    January 30, 2009
  • Tougher security standards coming for removable storage devices (NextGov) Los Alamos National Laboratory Blackberry is Vacationing in a Sensitive Foreign Country (POGO.org) Electric shocks came often at U.S. bases in Iraq, report finds (CNN) VA…

    January 30, 2009
  • The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has a new subcommittee to focus on federal contracting. Chairman Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) announced that Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) will be the chairwoman of the Ad Hoc…

    January 29, 2009
  • President Obama has made openness and transparency a cornerstone of his administration. And a new office whose genesis was in the Bush Administration is expected to help federal agencies fulfill that goal. FederalNewsRadio’s Max Cacas…

    January 29, 2009
  • The government faces big problems — and the existing institutions are not up to the challenge. That’s the premise of a just released book, “The Next Government of the United States: Why our institutions fail…

    January 29, 2009
  • You may have heard that Postmaster General John Potter told the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security that the US Postal Service is in dire financial condition, and…

    January 29, 2009
  • The government faces big problems — and the existing institutions are not up to the challenge. That’s the premise of a just released book, “The Next Government of the United States: Why our institutions fail…

    January 29, 2009
  • The Veterans Affairs Department has agreed to pay up to $20 million to veterans for exposing them to possible identity theft in 2006 after losing their sensitive personal information.

    January 29, 2009
  • Everybody seems to be talking transparency these days, but in many ways, transparency means different things to different people. Don Campbell is a journalim professor at Emory University in Atlanta. He is a former reporter,…

    January 29, 2009
  • Federal buildings are getting older, and repair costs for electrical and heating systems is rising. In 2007, the federal government spent 17 billion dollars on energy use in buildings and vehicles. A government auditors report…

    January 29, 2009