Dorobek Must Reads – July 8

Each day, the DorobekInsider team searches the Web for the stories most important to the federal community. We gather them so you don’t have to.

• Gates to hold a DoD budget powwow (InsideDefense.com)
• British government spends thousands on iPhone apps (BBC and InfoWorld.com)
• The new government Gulf oil crisis web site (RestoretheGulf.gov)
• NASA’s GRIP to take unprecedented look inside hurricanes (NASA)
• Massachusetts: The Why of social media (Mass.gov)
• Pew: Facebook, Twitter and the web enrich social lives, survey says (Eweek.com)
• Are deadbeat U.S. contractors fueling the insurgency in AFG? (Politico and NY Times)
• Victory for open data advocates in Tel Aviv (TechPresident)
• Draft of U.S. Army ops concept continues break from past doctrine (Defense News)
• V.A. is easing rules to cover stress disorder (NY Times)

And here’s a list of what you made most popular yesterday:

1. How safe are your federal benefits?
2. Mindsets must change if OMB’s IT reforms are to work
3. President Obama to bypass Senate on CMS nominee
4. Military files charges against soldier suspected of leaks
5. Boeing, EADS to bid on USAF tanker this week
6. How will OPM & OMB actually change the hiring process?
7. Federal pay raises safe … for now
8. Why there’s been a backlash against feds lately
9. How to develop best practices for feds working from home
10. DorobekINSIDER: Throwing elbows over cyber-security legislation

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