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Congress eyes cyberattacks options
Malaysia Hosts Cybersecurity Workshops For OIC Member Countries, Guard Laptop Stolen From Portland Home
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Joe Lieberman , CyberSecurity Malaysia , National Guard , lost laptop
GPO celebrates its sesquicentennial
GPO prepares to celebrate 150 years of Keeping American Informed on the documents of our democracy. Public Printer, Bob Tapella, tells us how.
Tags: GPO , management , Bob Tapella , Suzanne Kubota
War zone corruption allegations rise
More and more cases of fraud and corruption by troops and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are being investigated. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, brings us up to speed.
Tags: DoD , SIGIR , Stuart Bowen , Iraq and Afghanistan , contracting , Suzanne Kubota
Social Security has more than a math problem
Jagadeesh Gokhale challenges notions about Social Security's financial future and explores the implications of alternative reforms for the program as a whole and for today's and future generations of Americans.
Tags: Cato , Social Security , Jagadeesh Gokhale , Dorothy Ramienski
Dems mull how to cut discretionary spending
How low can they go? House Democrats say they'll forgo a traditional budget resolution for 2011 and opt for a plan to reduce non-security discretionary spending beyond what the president has proposed. We get details from The Hill's Walter Alarkon.
Tags: Congress , budget , The Hill , Walter Alarkon , Steny Hoyer , discretionary spending
Wednesday Morning Federal Newscast - June 23rd
Support split on plan to cut Saturday mail, Federal CFO's misspent nearly $100 billion, Dems mull how to cut even more discretionary spending
Tags: newscast
The Hunt: radical cleric concerns
The radical Yemeni-American cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, is believed to be hiding in Yemen since 2004. The U.S. says he is an active al-Qaida recruiter and has placed him on the CIA's list of terrorist targets to be killed or captured, despite his American citizenship. National Security Correspondent JJ Green learns more from former CIA unit head Mike Scheuer.
Tags: The Hunt , JJ Green , Mike Scheuer , Anwar al-Awlaki
Smartgrid cyber spending to hit $21 billion by 2015
White House to give identity management a push
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , technology , contracting , smartgrid , HSPD-12 , Pike Research , Howard Schmidt , National Strategy for Trusted Identities , Symantec
Wartime commission plans for a first hand view
The proper role and oversight of more than 40,000 private security contractors supporting U.S. operations were examined and debated in two days of hearings by the federal Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Thibault, commission co-chair, explains the debate and tells us what's next.
Tags: contracting , inherently governmental , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Mike Thibault , Suzanne Kubota
Metro safety issues spur reform calls
June 22, 2009. It's a date forever linked with the worst tragedy in Metro's history. Nine people died when two Metro trains collided. Dozens were hurt, and yet others walked away. Sen. Ben Cardin joins us to talk about a congressional move to bolster the system on Congressional Spotlight.
Tags: Metro , Congressional Spotlight , Ben Cardin
