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GSA headquarters to become model green building

Agency plans on adding solar power, heating water through solar thermal processes and restoring the windows so they open. Along with GSA, several other agencies are due for major renovation through the Recovery Act, and all will be more energy efficient. GSA also is applying green requirements to all new major leased buildings starting in January.

Tags: contracting , management , Kevin Kampschroer , GSA , HUD , VA , Interior , DHS , Coast Guard , energy efficiency , Recovery Act

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT
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OMB, HHS create new health IT task force

New entity will be led by eight agencies, including OPM, VA and DoD. The focus will be on policy development, coordination and implementation of federal health IT.

Tags: technology , management , Peter Orszag , Kathleen Sebelius , OMB , HHS , OPM , VA , DoD , SSA , USDA , health IT

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT

SBA Administrator Mills says Recovery Act benefitting small businesses

Agency to promote stimulus contract opportunities in more than 200 events around the country. Mills says more than $2.2 billion has gone to small firms.

Tags: contracting , Karen Mills , SBA , Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committ

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT
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DHS, Commerce seek voluntary cyber code of conduct

Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, explains how companies would get participate in the code.

Tags: Alan Paller , SANS Institute , DHS , Cybersecurity Update , technology , In Depth , Federal Register , code of conduct

Wednesday - 10/05/2011, 05:10pm EDT
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Census posts economic data online

Census Bureau officials Stephen Buckner and Mark Wallace joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the new searchable database and why the bureau decided to put the data online now.

Tags: Census , technology , stephen buckner , mark wallace

Tuesday - 10/04/2011, 08:24am EDT
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Patent reform will also overhaul Patent Office workforce

Robert Stoll, the commissioner for patents at PTO joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to outline the new law and how it affects PTO.

Tags: USPTO , robert stoll , workforce , patent reform , hiring

Monday - 09/26/2011, 09:07am EDT
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NIST releases latest cyber guide for agency networks

The Commerce Department has issued the latest word on how to spot cybersecurity weaknesses in federal computer systems: It's called the "Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments," and it's been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Tags: NIST , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update

Wednesday - 09/21/2011, 09:37am EDT

Commerce proposes creating privacy rights policy

The Dept. of Commerce calls for consideration of a new set of principles - A "Privacy Bill of Rights". National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Daniel Weitzner explains the move.

Tags: Federal Drive , privacy rights , Daniel Weitzner , National Telecommunications and Information Admini

Tuesday - 07/19/2011, 01:31am EDT
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Locke: Commerce cashes in on principles

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.

Tags: 2010 census , Gary Locke , Federal Drive , Suzanne Kubota , 2020 Census , National Export Initiative

Tuesday - 07/19/2011, 01:17am EDT
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