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The intelligence community is buzzing over news that CIA Director Leon Panetta threatened to quit during a shouting match recently at the White House over the news that Attorney General Eric Holder might pursue cases against CIA personnel involved in interrogation. It\'s no secret that there has been tension in the intelligence community, but this is the first crack in the armor, if true. WTOP has not confirmed that the shouting match took place, but Panetta\'s letter to employees at the CIA made clear that he was supporting them regardless of what happens.
August 24, 2009 -
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August 12th, 2009 \"Going green\" used to be a cost driver; it was more expensive to go green - and stay green - than to do business the old-fashioned way. But that cost dynamic is changing, and the US Postal Service is taking advantage of it.
August 12, 2009 -
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Michael D. Yates Author of \"Why Unions Matter\" Elise Gould Director of Health Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute Tom Webb President, AFGE SSA Local 3615
August 06, 2009 -
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 at 2:05pm Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 mandates a common, interoperable identification standard for managing access to information and systems within or among Federal agencies and departments.
July 29, 2009 -
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July 29th, 2009 When most Americans think of disasters and response, they think of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
July 29, 2009 -
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Phil Glover AFGE Council of Prison Locals Legislative Coordinator Terry Rosen AFGE Labor Relations Specialist Perry Hooks President, Hooks Book Events Jeff Goldman Executive Director of Government Programs, Kaiser Permanente
July 23, 2009 -
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July 15th, 2009 Some of the leading advocates for new technologies are the \"old hands.\" One such greybeard is Robert Otto, former Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer at the US Postal Service. His former agency is moving some legacy systems to open source. Mr. Otto talks about laying the groundwork for that move, and why other agencies will save money and time by doing the same.
July 14, 2009 -
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The American Jihadist fighting alongside al Shebab militants in Somalia has released another video recording. In this one Abu Mansour Al-Amriki states that President Barack Obama was trying to mislead Muslims and impose \"so-called moderate or American Islam.\" Al-Amriki also stated that the mujahidin would not stop fighting until all foreign troops are pulled out of Muslim lands and until the US stops its support to Israel. The statement is attributed to the Sada Al-Jihad Media Center of the Global Islamic Media Front.
July 13, 2009 -
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Carolyn Clancy, M.D. Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) July 20th and July 22nd
July 13, 2009 -
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July 8th, 2009 Never before has the Department of Defense been able to deliver, not only their mission, but reasoning behind it to so many. DoD is embracing the use of tools like Twitter and Facebook to reach the next generation of policy makers, recruits and those young men and women abroad who need to understand better the military policies of the United States.
July 09, 2009 -
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The Honduras Civil Aeronautics General Directorate has decided to close Toncontin Airport. Assistant Director Boris Ferrera indicated that the decision to suspend operations in the country\'s main airport for 5 days is a measure that can change according to developments in the problem being faced by the country. What that seems to indicate is that the military does not want a plane carrying deposed President Manuel Zelaya to re-enter the country.
July 07, 2009 -
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A health emergency has been declared in Buenos Aires to help control an outbreak of the deadly H1N1 flu strain that has killed 26 people in the country. Mayor Mauricio Macri has asked residents to stay at home as much as possible. The health emergency will remain in place until Friday. The Argentine government says 1600 cases of the new strain of virus, also known as swine flu, which is spreading. Early July is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere winter.
June 30, 2009 -
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Aired Wednesday, July 15th at 2:05pm With the recent decision by the Federal government to move to a Cloud Computing environment, the role of verifying the identity of an authorized user as well as defining their rights once inside the cloud presents a series of opportunities as well as challenges.
June 30, 2009
