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DHS launches new cybersecurity ops center
The MS-ISAC, a division of the Center for Internet Security (CIS), is the focal point for cyber threat prevention, protection, response and recovery for the nation's state, local, territorial and tribal (SLTT) governments.
Tags: cybersecuirty update , DHS , technology
SBA expands boot camp for vets
SBA has two new programs for women vets, guard, reservists and families. We get details from SBA's William Elmore.
Tags: contracting , SBA , William Elmore , veterans , lessons learned , best practices , Suzanne Kubota
Navy psychiatrist to head traumatic brain injury center
The Department of Defense announced today the appointment of Navy Capt. Paul S. Hammer, as the director of the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) in Arlington, Va.
Tags: DoD Report , Defense , DoD , traumatic brain injury , Navy , Paul Hammer
Transforming Education through technology
Education's plan addresses technology trends that could transform education, such as mobility and accessibility, the rise of digital content, and the rise of online social networks for information, collaboration and learning. We learn more from Education's Karen Cator.
Tags: Education , EDU , technology , Karen Cator , management , Suzanne Kubota
Tech issues in the lame duck session examined
A 3 percent withholding requirement for contractors was passed in 2005 and is set to take effect Jan. 1 2012, and government agencies are already preparing for its implementation. We learn more from Phil Bond with TechAmerica.
Tags: Congress , lame duck , Phil Bond , TechAmerica , Suzanne Kubota , Federal Research and Development Tax Credit , contractor withholding , contracting , cybersecurity
Air Force warns troops about Facebook
The Air Force is warning its troops to be careful when using Facebook and other popular networking sites because some new features could show the enemy exactly where U.S. forces are located in war zones.
Tags: Facebook , DoD Report , Air Force , technology
Effort moves veteran-owned into the contractor fold
County works to bring veteran-owned companies into the federal contracting fold. Details from Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce's Barbara Ashe.
Tags: contracting , Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce , Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation , Barbara Ashe , veteran owned
Stuxnet spurs Senate concerns
A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran's nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control systems around the world, and represents the most dire cyberthreat known to industry, government officials and experts said Wednesday.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , Stuxnet , technology , security , Joseph Lieberman
Thursday Morning Federal Newscast - Nov. 18th
Postmaster Potter due $5.5 million in exit pay, DHS gives Boeing's SBInet 30 more days
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