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NOAA plans for 4 furlough days, begins talking to unions

Employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be furloughed four days starting in July, acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan wrote in an email to staff Monday.

Tags: NOAA , NWS , furlough , sequestration , budget , Ciaran Clayton , Michael OConnell , Kathryn Sullivan

Tuesday - 04/16/2013, 04:50pm EDT

Commerce considering managed service to fix cyber weakness

The Commerce Department issued a request-for-information asking for input from vendors around 11 cyber capabilities.

Tags: Jason Miller , technology , industry , acquisition , cybersecurity ,

Tuesday - 01/22/2013, 03:36am EST

New FOIA portal promotes transparency, eases agency interactions

The Environmental Protection Agency partnered with the Commerce Department and National Archives to launch a new online portal aimed at streamlining the Freedom of Information Act request process for both the public and federal agencies.

Tags: FOIA , FOIAOnline , NARA , EPA , Regulations.gov , Katherine McFate , OMB Watch , open government , transparency , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , information sharing

Wednesday - 10/03/2012, 05:26am EDT
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Patent offices coming to Silicon Valley, 3 cities

The federal government is opening regional patent offices in Silicon Valley and three other areas as part of efforts to reduce a backlog and hire experts not willing to move to the Washington area.

Tags: USPTO , technology , Silicon Valley

Tuesday - 07/03/2012, 04:52am EDT

Commerce proposes changes to digital signatures

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has asked for comments about its proposed revisions to the Digital Signatures Standard.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , NIST , FIPS

Tuesday - 04/10/2012, 04:52pm EDT

Minority business agency boasts strong performance

David Hinson, national director of the Minority Business Development Agency, spoke to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the benefits his agency has seen by restructuring its nationwide organization.

Tags: MBDA , David Hinson , Minority Business Development Agency , minority-owned businesses , Federal Drive , Barack Obama

Friday - 03/16/2012, 10:33am EDT
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Obama formally seeks agency-consolidation authority

President Barack Obama has officially asked lawmakers for the authority to consolidate and reorganize federal agencies as part of a first-step in merging several agencies related to business and trade. If Congress approves the legislation, Obama has said his first step would be to merge several business- and trade-related agencies into a single Cabinet-level department.

Tags: OMB , management , Jeffrey Zients , federal reorganization , John Boehner , Orrin Hatch

Friday - 02/17/2012, 07:31am EST
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