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Federal Hot Minute Dec. 17, 2012
12/18/12 11:17 AM
Keep up with the latest news from the federal government, business and contracting. And get the latest Federal Hot Minute here.
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From Defense Systems: Army cyber program explores ways to breach sealed networks
12/18/12 10:16 AM
From Defense Systems: A number of U.S industry and military labs are exploring methods that would allow the military to inject data and infect systems with destructive viruses into ironclad networks that are not connected to the Internet, reports Defense News.
Tax season: Experts brace for repeat of scammers
12/17/12 7:07 PM
Tax season is right around the corner and already privacy experts are bracing for a repeat of a huge problem: scammers stealing your name and social security number and using them to file false returns.
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From GovTech: 2012 year in review - government data centers
12/17/12 10:53 AM
From GovTech: Government data centers haven’t disappeared yet – but a good number of CIOs are doing their best to get rid of them. Throughout 2012, CIOs made it clear that their first choice for new systems and applications is the cloud.
From FCW: GSA awards IT commodities purchase agreement
12/14/12 10:09 AM
From FCW: The General Services Administration has awarded new blanket purchase agreements for IT commodities to 43 small businesses.
Washington Business Report Oct. 21, 2012
12/13/12 2:41 PM
This week on Washington Business Report: Tim Kaine, Alli Webb and Michael Landau.
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From FCW: Army vows to get aggressive in pursuit of purchasing discounts
12/13/12 10:16 AM
From FCW: Officials from the Army Medical Command are requiring contracting officers to ask vendors to reduce prices when an order goes above $150,000, and to check that the Veterans Affairs Department’s federal supply schedules sales are the best procurement approach or if they might find better prices in the open market.
From NextGov: The year in tech
12/12/12 10:10 AM
From NextGov: Technology changes year to year, phone to phone, quarter to quarter. Here at The Atlantic, we like to focus on how those changes happen, the ideas that animate them, the people that execute them, the users who transform them.
Delta buys 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic
12/11/12 8:40 AM
Delta Air Lines Inc. is buying almost half of British airline Virgin Atlantic for $360 million as it aims to boost its share of the lucrative New York-to-London market.
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From FCW: Agencies adjust contracting approach for coming fiscal clampdown
12/18/12 10:18 AM
From FCW: Companies doing business with the federal government are feeling the effects of a confluence of economic and spending trends, and with no reversal expected in the foreseeable future, leaders will need to learn to adapt.
1,600 retailers offer free shipping Monday
12/17/12 7:16 PM
At least 658 million pieces of mail will be processed Monday - the busiest mailing day of the year.
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From Washington Technology: Sierra Nevada Corp. wins $56.5M contract for electronic warfare systems
12/17/12 10:55 AM
From Washington Technology: Sierra Nevada Corp. has won a $56.5 million contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command for the production of electronic warfare systems worn by soldiers to counter remote controlled improvised explosive devices.
Washington Business Report Dec. 16, 2012
12/14/12 6:12 PM
This week on Inside Washington: Julia Farr, Colin Hunter and Marissa Levin.
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DOJ: "Astonishing" dysfunction at HSBC
12/13/12 4:22 PM
Douglas interview December 12, 2012
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Joe Allbritton, founder of Allbritton Communications, dies at 87
12/13/12 2:36 PM
Joe L. Allbritton, the founder of Allbritton Communications, the parent company of ABC7, NewsChannel 8 and POLITICO, died Wednesday, just 17 days shy of his 88th birthday.
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From Washington Technology: 7 companies compete for Senate IT contract
12/12/12 10:13 AM
From Washington Technology: Seven companies will compete to be the prime contractor for the single-award Senate Information Technology Support Contract III.
From GovTech: The importance of social media
12/11/12 10:15 AM
From GovTech: If you’re still debating whether to dive into the social media deep end, heads up: It’s time to swim with the rest of the public-sector fish.
Warm winter weather leaves ski resort sulking
12/10/12 6:01 PM
This warm December weather is tough on ski resort businesses. Instead of white slopes, there's only green grass, mud and fog at Liberty Mountain.
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