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FOIA backlog grows even as agencies process more requests

Agencies dedicated more money and personnel to FOIA processing in 2011, but requests grew even faster.

Tags: FOIA , DoJ , open government , Melanie Pustay , NARA , DoD , Jared Serbu

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Settlement in works in ICE discrimination case

A federal lawsuit that resulted in the resignation of a senior aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano might be settled out of court.

Tags: ICE , Janet Napolitano , Suzanne Barr , James T. Hayes

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ICE chief of staff resigns amid misconduct claims

Tags: Suzanne Barr , Janet Napolitano , ICE , inspector general , resignation

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Agencies get better at 'whole of government' info sharing

The head of the federal government's information sharing initiative says agencies are doing a better job in a post-9/11 environment. Kshemendra Paul is the program manager for the Information Sharing Environment.

Tags: Kshemendra Paul , ISE , FBI , DoJ , information sharing , technology , NIEM , Federal Drive

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ICE chief of staff accused of sexual misconduct

At least three employees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have made serious complaints alleging inappropriate sexual behavior by a senior Obama administration political appointee and longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Tags: ICE , Suzanne Barr , Janet Napolitano , James Hayes

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DHS probes claim of power plant cyber defect

If the claims are true, it means hackers could spy on network traffic, obtain credentials to get on the inside and attack the power plants.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Siemens , RuggedCom , Federal Drive

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DHS' strategic vision for the future

Homeland Security Department Chief Procurement Officer Nick Nayak will talk about the agency's acquisition goals.
August 21, 2012(Encore presentation September 18, 2012)

Tags: acquisition , contracting , procurement , Nick Nayak , Off the Shelf , Roger Waldron

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CBP employees develop mobile doc scanner

Since March 2010, the device has helped to catch 450 drug traffickers, weapons smugglers and potential terror suspects. The developers of the technology are finalists for the 2012 Service to America Medal.

Tags: Thomas Roland , Nael Samha , CBP , mobile , technology , Service to America , Federal Drive , terrorism

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Treasury tackles IT reviews in a new way

Not all agencies are using TechStat for IT projects that are in trouble. In an exclusive report, Federal News Radio finds agencies are seeing unexpected benefits in applying the evaluation tool to programs that are on track. Treasury used TechStat to figure out how best to consolidate three procurement systems.

Tags: technology , management , acquisition , OMB , Steven VanRoekel , Treasury , Robyn East , Paul Sforza , Linda Jacksta , CBP , TechStat , Inside TechStat , Jason Miller , exclusive

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Automakers not doing enough to protect cars against cyber attacks, experts say

They say hackers who want to steal cars or just eavesdrop on conversations may have an easy time of it.

Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology ,

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