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A majority of government and private sector IT executives don\'t believe the federal government is moving quick enough when it comes to telework, according to the results of a new survey.
November 20, 2011 -
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This week on FEDtalk, host Debra Roth is joined by Jon Adler, President of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, to hear about their annual meeting and current legislative efforts on the Hill.
November 17, 2011 -
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This week on AFGE\'s \"Inside Government\" Defense Conference Chair Don Hale addresses the Defense Department\'s plans to slash thousands of civilian workforce jobs. AFGE Political Action Committee Director Bob Nicklas and AFL-CIO\'s Ben Waxman also discuss the labor movement\'s collective bargaining win on Election Day in Ohio.
November 16, 2011 -
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Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing, health IT, and mobile technology with Tracey Graves-Stevens, President and CEO of Innoviss. November 15, 2011
November 16, 2011 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it\'s been able to increase the number of IT projects its staff are working on by 60 percent. VA says when it studied its IT projects, it found the people working on some of them were far busier than they were on other projects. So IT employees now work in a competency model, moving their skills from project to project based on VA\'s needs and priorities at any given time. VA thinks it\'s also led to a more satisfied workforce. They say turnover right now is about half what it is in the private sector.
November 15, 2011 -
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy is turning to industry and academia for ideas on how to make sure publicly funded research data is available to the public. Under the America Competes Act, unclassified federally funded research has to be accessible to the public. OSTP wants ideas on how to make sure the data can be preserved, that it\'s interoperable and accessible, and that it can be reused and re purposed effectively. OSTP will develop recommendations for agency data policy and report them to Congress.
November 15, 2011 -
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The EPA has announced five winners for its Apps for the Environment Challenge. The agency designed the contest to help promote the creation of mobile apps that make innovative uses of EPA\'s own data. The top overall app the agency selected is a light bulb finder that lets mobile users weigh their lighting needs against financial considerations and the environmental impact of their choices. EPA also selected winners in categories created by students, and a winner for the most popular app as chosen by users.
November 15, 2011 -
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The Associated press is reporting that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling Congress that deeper defense cuts would force the Pentagon to cut back ship and construction projects, furlough civilian workers and leave the military with the smallest force since 1940. Panetta described the implications if a special congressional super-committee fails to come up with a deficit-cutting plan by Nov. 23. On top of some $450 billion in defense cuts already under way, the Pentagon would face another $500 billion in reductions.
November 14, 2011 -
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In a show-and-tell based on secret intelligence, The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has shared secret satellite images, letters and diagrams with 35 countries as it tries to shore up its case that Iran apparently worked secretly on developing a nuclear weapon. Iran\'s chief envoy to the IAEA rejected the presentation as based on material fabricated by the United States and its allies.
November 14, 2011 -
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Microsoft\'s Elevate America Veterans Initiative has announced a new effort to help veterans and their spouses get the technology skills and certifications they need to get work. An October unemployment report shows the unemployment rate rose to 12.1 percent among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Microsoft is distributing vouchers that will enable veterans to obtain training at no cost. Vouchers will be available in five regions including Northern Virginia at the Workforce Investment Board.
November 14, 2011 -
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Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz testified on Capitol Hill about the fact that the military had put remains of military war dead in a landfill. Schwartz told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the problem had been corrected and he defended a decision not to fire anyone who worked at the mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. One military officer and two civilians received disciplinary action, steps that investigators at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said in a letter to President Barack Obama did not go far enough.
November 14, 2011 -
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A year-long Air Force investigation reviewed 14 sets of allegations of improper handling of war remains as reported by three whistleblower workers at Dover Air Force Base, Del. That is where all war dead are received from foreign battlefields to be identified, autopsied and prepared for transfer to their families. The Air Force inspector general concluded that no laws or regulations had been violated, as alleged, but an independent agency that reviewed the probe said the Air Force failed to accept accountability for its mistakes.
November 14, 2011 -
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U/S intelligence officials called out China and Russia in a new report on industrial espionage and somewhat surprising element emerged.\"We often speak of China s the aggressor, but after the United States they\'re the largest victim of cyber space exploits\", said John McClurg, Chief Security officer at Dell. The report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage indicates that the U.S. going to take a much more active approach to fighting cyber crime.
November 14, 2011
