Attorney General Eric Holder committed the full resources of the FBI to investigate Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon. Bob Blitzer, former chief of the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism and Counterterrorism Planning Section, anticipates a swift and substantial federal response to the bombings.

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Without open communications, it’s hard for the government to clearly convey its requirements to contractors. And contractors have a hard time telling government what they’re capable of. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy launched its Mythbuster’s campaign to foster more talking. It’s been a year since the last memo, aimed at clearing misconceptions on the contractor side.

The House votes this week on a bill to help companies defend against cyberattacks. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would encourage them to share cyber-threat data with the federal government and each other. It failed to pass last year amid privacy concerns. Opponents are back in full force. Peter Swire was chief counselor for privacy in the Clinton Administration and recently served as President Barack Obama’s assistant for economic policy. He thinks CISPA is a bad idea.

If it isn’t the sequester and the threat of furloughs, maybe it’s the pay freeze, and the negative public opinion polls. Federal workers are threatening leaving their jobs now more than ever. But is it actually happening? For answers, we turned to John Palguta, the vice-president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service.