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Wednesday Morning Federal Newscast - June 8th

New steps considered for GS grades, FDA needs food safety overhaul: report, FBI uses terror-probe tactics on fraud, Amish farming draws EPA scrutiny

Tags: newscast

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The Hunt: Changing terror strategy

Part of the Obama administration's recently released national security strategy deals with the evolving threat that terror groups like al Qaida pose.

Tags: The Hunt , JJ Green , Ben Rhodes , national security , Al Qaida

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HP to build cyber system for Air Force

After Google hack, warnings pop up in SEC filings

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , HP , Air Force , contracting , Google , Intel , Symantec , Northrop Grumman

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Analysis: Should DoD cut benefits or guns?

Within the defense budget, a debate has been developing for some time between funding the personnel-related areas and the equipment-related areas. We get details from Todd Harrison with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis.

Tags: Defense , DoD , FY 2011 budget , defense budget , Todd Harrison , Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis

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Pradeep Sindhu: Combine innovation and automation

Agencies are under pressure to cut costs while delivering more customer service. Juniper Networks' Pradeep Sindhu says it really can be done.

Tags: technology , Juniper Networks , Pradeep Sindhu , innovation , enterprise IT networks , contracting

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Towns to do fix check of National Central Bureau

Chairman Edolphus "Ed" Towns (D-NY) is requesting detailed information from the Justice Department and DHS after the release of a Justice Department Inspector General report in 2009 that outlined major lapses at the United States National Central Bureau.

Tags: Edolphus Towns , USNCB , INTERPOL , DoJ , DHS , Congressional Spotlight , Congress

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Tuesday Morning Federal Newscast - June 8th

Pilots launched to test expanded bargaining, IG: IRS data centers waste energy, Coast Guard calls for spill solutions, GSA IG dings e-travel system

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Congress doesn't see cybersecurity's sex appeal

Google denies use of private data, Adobe warns of critical security flaw in its products

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Adobe , Google , Street View

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SAMMIE Tracker: the secret to success

Peter Wilhelm has developed and deployed 95 satellites, pioneering significant advances from lunar exploration to GPS to global weather forecasting. We talk with the Director of the Naval Center for Space Technology about his work.

Tags: SAMMIES Tracker , Sammies , Sammies 2010 , Peter Wilhelm , Naval Research Laboratory , Naval Center for Space Technology

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Agencies create a STAR to guide science policy

The STAR METRICS will create a reliable and consistent inter-agency mechanism to account for the number of scientists and support staff that are on research institution payrolls supported by federal funds. Details from Julia Lane, program director with the National Science Foundation.

Tags: technology , ARRA , jobs , NSF , NIH , White House Office of Science and Technology Polic , Julia Lane , Suzanne Kubota , best practices

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