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Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Commerce Department are preparing to release independent reports about online privacy — and how strict new privacy rules for the web should be, The New York Times reports.…
November 10, 2010 -
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White House launches Subcommittee on Privacy and Internet Policy to both promote online economic opportunities and protect individual privacy.
October 25, 2010 -
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Telework proves itself again when a Continuity of Operations Plan comes together.
October 08, 2010 -
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A fire at the U.S. Department of Commerce has shut down the Hoover Building in D.C.. Construction workers had been doing asbestos abatement when the fire started in a storage room. Crews were able to quickly put out the fire but employees are being encouraged to take administrative leave or telework.
October 08, 2010 -
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Agencies must make their data networks compliant with the IPv6 protocol now. The government and private industry face a looming crisis as Internet addresses defined by an increasingly dated technical protocol run out, possibly as early as next year. Agencies must first upgrade external servers to run the new protocol.
September 28, 2010 -
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This week, host Jason Miller talks with Simon Szykman, the new CIO at the Department of Commerce. September 16, 2010
September 16, 2010 -
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A new advisory council will provide Commerce and other agencies with ideas for how the government can help push federally-funded technologies into the commercial marketplace. Locke said his agency will do its part by speeding up the patent process to one year and get certain grant funding out in 30 days. Commerce also is working with NIH and NSF on the i6 Challenge where $12 million is available for companies to commercialize technologies.
September 08, 2010 -
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Census 2010 goes from \"most likely to fail\" to $1.6 billion in the black. Federal News Radio talks with the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, Gary Locke, about the turnaround and what\'s on the horizon for the department.
August 11, 2010 -
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The Commerce Department says that as things stand the 2010 Census is now expected to come in on schedule and 22 percent under budget, meaning a savings of $1.6 billion in 2010. Congressional reaction to the news is split along party lines with some lawmakers praising the efforts of the Census Bureau to do an accurate and cost-effective population count - while one lawmaker calls the claims \"smoke and mirrors.\"
August 11, 2010 -
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Bureau Director Groves and Commerce Secretary Locke announced the savings today. Officials say Census saved money for three reasons, including not having to tap into a reserve fund in case of emergency.
August 10, 2010 -
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Group tries to build trust in cyberspace, Thumbs up for cyber coordination
August 09, 2010 -
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The votes are in and Federal News Radio listeners and readers have determined that the Pentagon has the best food choices of any agency in the federal government.
August 06, 2010 -
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The Justice Department\'s new report finds that the number of partial documents released last year increased by 50,000. Many agencies also reduced their backlog of FOIA requests. Agencies say some of improvements can be attributed to increased attention across the government and better technology.
August 03, 2010 -
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With so much at stake, what role, if any does the federal government play in protecting the .com Internet domain? Several experts offer some candid observations on what the government\'s role should be.
August 02, 2010
