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Tips for protecting your agency from cyber attacks
Karen Evans, former administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget, offers her insight on how federal agencies can protect themselves in the aftermath of recent cyber attacks.
Tags: cybersecurity , Karen Evans , technology , Anonymous , AntiSec , hacker , FBI , OnGuardOnline
Obama recess appointments face legal challenge
The National Federation of Independent Business and the National Right to Work Foundation say that President Obama cannot legally bypass the Senate to appoint three new members of the National Labor Relations Board.
Tags: NLRB , Barack Obama , National Right to Work Foundation , Sharon Block , Richard Griffin , Terence Flynn , Richard Cordray , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
FBI computer won't be ready for use until May 2012
FBI's Sentinel program, which aimed to create a paperless case management system, was supposed to be completed by December 2009.
Tags: FBI , inspector general , technology , paperless , green government
FBI program helps employees to do the right thing
The Justice Department Inspector General recently reviewed FBI compliance efforts and discovered some things other agencies could emulate.
Tags: Office of Integrity and Compliance , FBI , inspector general , Patrick Kelley , Federal Drive
Gitmo Inmates
The questions about what to do with Gitmo inmates continue. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to block transfer of any of the 240 inmates to the U.S., and refused to pay the $80 million it would cost the Pentagon and Justice Department to close the facility. The administration wants to shut it down, but FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress that bringing the detainees to the U.S. could pose risks, including the possibility they might radicalize other inmates.
Tags: management , Pentagon , GITMO , FBI , Robert Mueller
Operation Falcon is a big success
Tags: contracting , Operations Falcon , US Marshals , Tommy Thompson
Issa: 'Fast and furious' subpoenas issued soon
The chairman of the House oversight committee said Sunday that he could send subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this week over weapons lost amid the Mexican drug war.
Tags: Darrell Issa , Operation Fast and Furious , Eric Holder , ATF
Republicans clash with AG on Fast and Furious
Attorney General Eric Holder clashed Thursday with congressional Republicans seeking more information about a flawed gun-trafficking investigation in Arizona.
Tags: Eric Holder , Congress , House , Darrell Issa , Fast and Furious , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee
A Long Fall
Prosecutors say a scientist who worked on the cutting edge of moon exploration has been caught trying to sell classified secrets to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence agent. Stewart David Nozette, who is credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon and has been a leader in recent lunar exploration work, was arrested Monday and charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to communicate, deliver and transmit classified information, the Justice Department said.
Tags: technology , Pentagon , Steward David Nozette ,
Justice Department Oversight
Tags: Eric Holder , Senate Judiciary Committee , Guantanamo
