Barack Obama
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The Federal government has jumped into action after yesterday\'s earthquake in Haiti. The lead agencies for Federal response are USAID, working through the State Department; and the Defense Department.
January 13, 2010 -
White House now eyes good ideas from industry. OMB also tells agencies to apply other contest suggestions within their agencies, including electronic pay stubs. President Obama says SAVE award will be an annual contest.
December 22, 2009 -
When members of Congress weigh in on cybersecurity, do they know what they\'re talking about? How about the use of technology in government? Some of the top names in the federal government on both these topics were questioned on Congressional expertise by Federal News Radio during recent conferences and news events.
October 12, 2009 -
Scientific research does more than just save lives. The work also creates jobs. That, at least, is what the Obama Administration is banking on, as the President toured a lab at the National Institutes of Health, and heralded $5 billion dollars in government grants to fight cancer, autism, and heart disease.
October 01, 2009 -
President Barack Obama, squeezing in an eleventh-hour pitch for his domestic agenda, is promoting his administration’s promises of innovation at a New York community college before weeklong meetings on international priorities. He will point to…
September 21, 2009 -
Reps. Langevin and McCaul send letter to President Obama urging him to name a coordinator as soon as possible. Federal CIO and federal CTO say one could be named soon.
September 14, 2009 -
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 -
President and Mrs. Obama recently drove to Fort McNair here in Southwest DC to help stuff napsacks for military children attending the National Military Family Association\'s Operation Purple summer camps. They packed those 15,000 bags with snacks, books, and even a baseball trading card of presidential pooch \"Bo\". Its is part of the President\'s \"United We Serve\" summer volunteer initiative.
June 29, 2009 -
June 23rd, 2009 Listen to this week\'s show to hear discussion topics including: Wiki government The Obama administration and web 2.0 The next steps for we 2.0 and the federal government
June 23, 2009 -
President Obama has made a top-to-bottom review of cybersecurity throughout the government a priority, and is planning on naming a cybersecurity czar. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is finalizing a plan to stand up a new military cybercommand. But what will these two new jobs really do for protecting the nation\'s cyber infrastructure?
June 22, 2009 -
A congressman is predicting a lot of twists and turns for the health care industry as stimulus funding and future health reform legislation evolves. Speaking at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society virtual expo,…
June 11, 2009 -
The Assistant Deputy Director of Cyber-Issues for the Obama Administration\'s Director of National Intelligence said, \"In the face of our almost universal reliance on untrusted systems, the US currently is facing a grave national security challenge in the form of exploitation of our government and private-sector networks and information,\" \"This exploitation is occurring on an unprecedented scale. The most immediate challenge is to identify the cyber terrorist in vast and anonymous cyberspace
June 11, 2009 -
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the possibility of a U.S.-Russian partnership on missile defense have improved because Moscow is becoming more concerned about Iran. The defense secretary told senators Tuesday that U.S. offers to put radar or data exchange centers in Russia are among the options being discussed. Russian and U.S. officials are working intensively on a successor deal to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START I, which expires in December. Negotiators are aiming for some results by the time Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosts President Barack Obama July 6-8 in Moscow.
June 10, 2009 -
President Obama spoke in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday giving a much anticipated speech to the Muslim world. Professor Akbar Ahmed is Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. He was Pakistan’s former High Commissioner to the…
June 05, 2009 -
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is combining White House staffs dealing with international and homeland security, predicting the change will make Americans safer. The Associated Press is reporting, Obama also is creating a new office intended to communicate more effectively with other countries about U.S. security policy. The Homeland Security Council, created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will be kept as a venue for discussing issues concerning domestic security, including terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters and pandemic influenza. Its staff will be integrated into the National Security Council.
May 26, 2009