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White House, agencies get low marks for transparency

A Nextgov study finds government is not getting high marks for transparency. Nextgov's Aliya Sternstein and Project on Government Oversight's Bryan Rahija, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss how agencies can become more open.

Tags: Aliya Sternstein , Bryan Rahija , Nextgov , Project on Government Oversight , ForeSee , open government , transparency , best practices , Dorobek Insider

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More Reaction to Kundra at OMB

Tags: OMB , e-government , Vivek Kundra

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Transforming U.S. Energy

Tags: U.S. Energy Grid , Joseph Stanislaw , Deloitte LLP

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Healthcare Challenges

Tags: FDA , healthcare , CMPI , Peter Pitts

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Inauguration Round-Up

Tags: inauguration , Tom Shoop , Government Executive

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Obama & Federal Unions

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Inauguration of Barack Obama

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Platts bids for Comptroller General job

Congress returns to work this week after the two-week Easter/Passover break. and one member of the House will be watching to see if he will be making a career move in the year to come. Rep. Todd Platts (R.-Pa.) is on a list of four names submitted by Congressional leaders to President Obama for the post of Comptroller General, a job which also includes running the Government Accountability Office. Recently, Federal News Radio spoke exclusively to Platts about his qualifications and expectations for the job.

Tags: newsstand , Comptroller General , GAO , U.S. Congress , House of Representatives , Todd Platts , Max Cacas

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The sights, sounds of bin Laden's death

Americans woke up Monday morning to news that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that forever changed U.S. foreign policy, had been killed by U.S. forces in a firefight at his luxurious hideout in Pakistan.

Tags: Osama bin Laden , 9/11 , Paul D. Shinkman

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Unions to try to turn tide of negativity against feds

Federal employee unions are preparing themselves for what could be a legislative battle over federal spending and job cuts. AFGE will lead a nationwide effort to change the conversation about the financial and social impact of federal employees. AFGE's president says verbal attacks against feds are the worst he's ever seen and he is disappointed that lawmakers aren't doing more to stop them.

Tags: AFGE , NTEU , John Gage , Colleen Kelley , State of the Union , Meg Beasley , pay and benefits

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