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With federal dollars just now becoming available and new federal appropriations legislation, federal agencies will be even more time-pressed to spend their budget dollars before the end of the fiscal year. On a bipartisan basis, Congress increased cyber security spending to ensure the rebuilding of aging network infrastructure to better prepare for possible disasters and future cyber threats that now occur on a daily basis.
DorobekInsider: What are the most annoying buzz words? We all remember synergy — pulling desperate organizations together so that the sum was more then then added parts… and we all remember how well that worked.…
The online revolution is opening the floodgates of information for your family tree. The National Archives will digitize millions of Census records from the 1940 population count. Dr. Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services…
Coast Guard wants to set up separate network to use social media sites. CIO Council looking at cybersecurity implications of these tools.
Some have asked the question: following the attacks of 9/11, did America violate its own principles, and Constitution, in response to fears of terrorism? As we’ve had in our news, charges are being made against…
Today is Power IT Down Day — the second annual event that hopes to get all of us to turn our PCs and laptops off overnight when all they do is soak up power for…
Agencies across the Federal government are beefing up their Web 2.0 efforts. One of the agencies that has made a recent push into Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter is the FBI. Mike Lilly and Jonathan Cox…
The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven member crew launched early this morning on a 13-day mission to deliver scientific experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. One of the items in the…
The Thrift Savings Board is currently working on adding e-messaging securely.
Unified Communications has been cleared for takeoff on Ukraine International Airlines, and the company hopes it will improve internal collaboration and better serve its passengers. UIA tapped Cisco to modernize its communications infrastructure and bring…
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.
NASA’s mission to land humans on Mars just took one small leap forward. It’s an inflatable heat shield that spacecraft can use to slow as they enter the Martian atmosphere, or the atmospheres of other…
Late last week, we told you about two scathing reports from the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general’s office. And they are still the buzz around town. You can download PDF of the two reports…
One of the key Obama administration posts still vacant is the role of GSA administrator. Of course, Martha Johnson was nominated in April, and she made it through the Senate committee in June, but her…
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