Search Tags:  Congressional Research Service

FAA delays closing of airport control towers

Tags: FAA , budget , sequestration

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Obama signs law requiring report on spending cuts

Tags: Stephen Fuller , Aerospace Industries Association , sequestration , DoD , Congress , House Armed Services Committe , Budget Control Act , budget , John McCain , Marion Blakey , Jeffrey Zients , Ashton Carter

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Sequestration would mean 12.1 percent cut to agency spending

Agencies could see a budget cut of 12.1 percent starting Jan. 2, 2013, if Congress does not come up with an alternative to sequestration. The estimated reduction comes from a new report by the Congressional Research Service.

Tags: sequestration , budget , Congress , Jolie Lee

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Government already in cybersecurity regulation business, report says

While Congress debates several new cybersecurity bills, a Congressional Research Service reports shows the government is already involved in regulating cybersecurity.

Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , Congress , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell

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Lieberman asks for all CRS reports to be made public

Sen. Joseph Lieberman wants to make Congressional Research Service reports easier to get a hold of.

Tags: management , Joseph Lieberman , Charles Schumer , Senate Homeland Security Governmental Affairs Comm

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CRS details CTO challenges

Overlap of and defining duties at top of list

Tags: OMB , management , technology , CTO , FCC , Commerce Department , National Telecommunications and Information Admini , Federation of American Scientists

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CRS finds federal CTO role remains undefined

The research service finds that - without a statutory definition of the federal chief technology officer's exact responsibilities - the position could have a tougher time affecting "change in individual federal agencies or systemically throughout the federal government."

Tags: technology , management , Aneesh Chopra , Office of Science and Technology Policy , White House , Chief technology officer

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Clock running for Obama transparency watchers

A good government group grades the Obama Administration on open government.

Tags: Ari Schwartz , Leslie Harris , Center for Democracy and Technology , White House , transparency , transition , open government , Treasury Secretary Geithner , CRS , mngt

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CRS: U.S. economy linked to national security

Tags: national security , economy , DoD Report , Dorobek Insider

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New director at CRS may usher in new policies

Congressional Research Service's Daniel Mulhollan is stepping down after 14 years. Does this open the door for some new policies?

Tags: Steven Aftergood , Federation of American Scientists , Daniel Mulhollan , Dorobek Insider

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