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The administration is looking for ways to improve contracting with small businesses and wants the public\'s input.
June 14, 2010 -
Senate leaders pledge to pass a comprehensive cybersecurity bill this year. Sen. Lieberman promises a hearing and markup of the legislation before the end of June. Industry experts are concerned over the role DHS will play in regulating critical infrastructure.
June 11, 2010 -
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Sens. Lieberman, Collins and Carper\'s legislation creates two new offices to oversee federal cybersecurity in DHS and the White House. It also forms a new Federal Information Security Taskforce made up of agency chief information security officers. Bill does not include \"kill switch\" provision for private sector networks.
June 10, 2010 -
U.S. President Barack Obama is asking government agencies to develop plans for five percent reductions in array of domestic programs, the White House said on Tuesday.
June 08, 2010 -
The Senate has begun consideration of proposals to give the President a line-item veto over individual provisions in federal spending bills. The measures are designed to overcome shortcomings in a 1996 line-item veto bill which was declared unconstitutional.
May 27, 2010 -
Mixed signals from the White House are making life harder for Democrats this week.
May 26, 2010 -
One of the big stories of the past week was the OPM announcement what they termed as “a major overhaul of the Federal hiring process.“ These seems to be a very important step — changing…
May 16, 2010 -
Facebook rolling out new security features, House panel to consider cybersecurity overhaul
May 14, 2010 -
Computer breaches starting to level off, GISLA awards open for nominations
April 30, 2010 -
Special advisor the President Kareem Dale is refocusing agency efforts to make sure Web sites and other technology meets the accessibility law. The CIO Council also is looking at technology issues for people with disabilities. Dale says Justice also is working on a new survey of how agencies are complying with Section 508.
April 29, 2010 -
Today, of course, is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which is widely considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. But the Obama administration has also made green government a cornerstone initiative.…
April 22, 2010 -
The President\'s executive order about creating a greener government is on its way to being a year old. What\'s changed since last October?
April 21, 2010 -
We told you that the White House has appointed Michael Robertson as GSA’s chief of staff. Here is the memo that went out to GSA staff earlier today about the appointment: MEMORANDUM FOR ALL GSA…
April 20, 2010 -
When there are big events, I like to pull together resources in one place — and, of course, this has been open government week — the Office of Management and Budget issued a series of…
April 09, 2010