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July 11th and July 13th, 2011 As Commissioner, Mr. Lebryk provides leadership, policy direction and guidance for FMS\' financial management programs, including payments, collections, debt collection, and government-wide accounting and financial reporting.
July 12, 2011 -
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At the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute is pioneering the use of secure online transactions to speed up clinical drug trials. The traditional, manual process of getting the paperwork to begin a clinical trial completed usually takes three to five days. By using digital signatures and secure identities, NCI and the Safe Biopharma Association say they\'re aiming to cut that time down to just a few hours. Besides being faster, the digitally signed documents also make the paper trail more searchable and auditable.
July 12, 2011 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says starting this October, its employees will be able to bring their own tablet computers and other mobile devices to work, and use them on VA networks. For now, VA isn\'t saying specifically which devices they\'ll approve, only hinting that they\'ll be \"very popular\" devices. The department says it will set up a secure system that allows those devices to view information on VA\'s electronic health record system, but not to store that data. Employees will also have to agree to let VA monitor the devices.
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The federal government is building a new neighborhood of its data.gov open government portal -- this one focused specifically on the nation\'s energy use. For now, energy.data.gov contains a collection of apps, tools, and ideas about how to monitor, manage, and save energy. By the end of the year, officials plan to add detailed data about how much energy federal buildings and facilities use, with historical datasets going back to 1975. They\'re hoping energy entrepreneurs use the data to create new, breakthrough technologies.
July 12, 2011 -
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Members of the House of Representatives will soon be able to use commercial video chat services to communicate with their constituents. Skype and other similar videoconferencing services have been banned in the House since 2006 because of cybersecurity concerns. House leaders feared it could make their systems more vulnerable to hacking. But with the House\'s introduction of a new public Wi-Fi network, House members will be able to make video calls on that system without compromising the security of Congress\' primary intranet.
July 12, 2011 -
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In Afghanistan, the Army is experimenting with microgrid technology that could allow soldiers at forward operating bases to do a much better job of managing their electricity use, and simplify the complicated generator systems that deliver power right now. The system is designed to allow generators and power consuming devices to talk to one another, and to intelligently turn individual generators on and off as they\'re needed. The microgrids could also support renewable technologies, such as solar in the future.
July 12, 2011 -
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The Department of Homeland Security is deploying new tools it hopes will help government agencies, and private businesses do a better job of making sure their software is secure. The Common Weakness Scoring System and the Common Weakness Risk Analysis Framework are both intended to let IT organizations set secure software priorities. Instead of trying to tackle every known vulnerability, agencies and businesses will be able to narrow down their biggest risks, and eliminate them before they\'re exploited.
July 12, 2011 -
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The Lulzsec hacker collected shutdown its operations a couple of weeks ago after hacking and releasing a massive amount of classified data from the Arizona Police, the FBI and DHS. But they allegedly have teamed up with another group called Anonymous and reportedly hacked into Cyber Defense giant Booz Allen Hamilton. They\'ve reportedly leaked 10s of thousands of military emails online. BAH did not respond to questions saying it\'s not their policy to comment on specific threats or actions.
July 11, 2011 -
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Joint Chiefs Chair Mullen headed to China. It\'s an interesting time because Japan\'s Maritime Self-Defense Forces are planning exercises during the visit. Experts say the exercises\' will send a very clear message to Chinese about the strong U.S. Japanese relationship. U.S. officials are wondering how that will impact Mullen\'s visit with the Chinese. Mullen\'s trip is reciprocation for Chinese Gen. Chen Bingde\'s trip to the United States in May.
July 11, 2011 -
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The house has rejected a move to block money for the U.S. military operation in Libya. The vote was 229-199 on Thursday. Both Republicans and Democrats had complained that the conflict was illegal because President Barack Obama had never sought congressional approval for the operation. But legislators kicked out an amendment that would have barred the use of taxpayer dollars to continue U.S. participation in the NATO-led mission.
July 11, 2011 -
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A new report shows telework growing in the years from 2005-2009, and the federal government led the way.
July 11, 2011 -
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Host Bill Bransford is joined by Tom Caulfield, executive director of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and National Science Foundation Inspector General Allison Lerner. July 8, 2011
July 08, 2011 -
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U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) Roger Hickey Co-director, Campaign for America\'s Future Bob Hill District Advisor, First Command Financial Services Ricky McCoy President, AFGE TSA Local 777
July 06, 2011 -
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July 6th, 2011 Learn about the security measures the Federal government is adopting to protect data after a series of high-profile data breaches.
July 06, 2011
