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In search of cybersecurity watchdogs

A recent flurry of cyberattacks on federal government computer networks has raised awareness of the urgent need for more cybersecurity experts.

Tags: tech , P&B , cybersecurity , Partnership for Public Service , Max Stier , ODNI , Ron Sanders , DoJ , Vance Hitch , Max Cacas , Booz Allen Hamilton

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DHS listens and learns at Ogma

How social media can improve information sharing and collaboration during public emergencies.

Tags: DHS , technology , Web 2.0 , social media , Office of Emergency Communications , Chris Essid , first responders

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GSA seeks more data on agency and citizen communication

RFP asks vendor to survey more than 3,000 citizens to gauge how the government is meeting user needs. Survey to see if Web 2.0 really is an important approach.

Tags: technology , GSA , RFP , Canadian Internet Research Panel , Web 2.0

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Lawmakers contest DHS policy to protect its employees from flu

Rep. Lynch calls department guidance "unacceptable." Others say agency more worried about public relations than employee health.

Tags: DHS , GSA , DoD , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , CDC , H1N1 , Elaine Duke , David Weissman , Rep. Stephen Lynch , Rep. Brian Billbray , Rep. Bennie Thompson

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Defense acquisition on road to recovery?

DoD addressing long-standing shortcomings, including hiring 20,000 acquisition workers over the next five years. Reforms of the 1990s big reason for procurement problems, deputy secretary says.

Tags: contracting , William Lynn , Shay Assad , Rep. Michael Conaway , Rep. John McHugh , DoD , House Armed Services Committee , acquisition workforce , outsourcing

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DIA to add J-Space to growing list of Web 2.0 tools

New information sharing portal will be similar to A-Space and C-Space, but focused for non-analysts or collectors to share information across the intel community.

Tags: technology , Grant Schneider , DIA , Web 2.0 , information sharing

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Lawmakers give DHS role in protecting electric grid

FERC also would receive increased oversight authorities to mandate utility companies fix cyber vulnerabilities in their infrastructure.

Tags: technology , Rep. Bennie Thompson , Rep. Peter Kind , Sen. Joseph Lieberman , Rep. John Barrow , Rep. Ed Markey , Rep. Henry Waxman , FERC , DHS , cybersecurity , electric grid

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New health IT committees to advise HHS

The HIT Policy Committee and the HIT Standards Committee have been established.

Tags: technology , HHS , National Coordinator for Health IT , Federal Register

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OMB issues updated agency, state stimulus guidance

Clarification requires faster, more detailed data on stimulus spending

Tags: stimulus , Rob Nabors , Earl Devaney , Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board , OMB , Interior Department

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Rep. Sarbanes calls for more telework, insourcing

Legislation calls for high-level executive to oversee employee telecommuting

Tags: technology , contracting , Rep. John Sarbanes , Rep. Stephen Lynch , Sen. Daniel Akaka , GSA , OPM , GAO , telework , Competitive sourcing , insourcing , inherently governmental

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