Each day, the DorobekInsider team searches the Web for the stories most important to the federal community. We gather them so you don't have to.

• Tom Vilsack offered to resign over Shirley Sherrod (Politico)
• Pentagon project seeks to streamline human-resource process (Defense Systems)
• Senate panel to hold hearing on JFCOM closure (Defense News)
• Gates orders increased data sharing to protect military families (Defense Systems)
• FEMA Administrator explains website redesign (In Case of Emergency)
• Cold Case database now online in Colorado (Colorado.gov)
• California eyes stronger privacy law (GovInfoSecurity)
• British public invited to vote on ideas to make savings (WebNewswire)
• Five billionth device about to plug into Internet (Network World)
• Forgotten password is top complaint to IT helpdesks (InfoSecurity)
• Conversation: Assumptions about innovation and greatness (Forbes)
• Microbes munching gulf oil (Allspot.com)
• 2 plead guilty to stealing Red Bull from Navy (Navy Times)

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