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From The Washington Post: CIA seeks to expand drone fleet
10/19/12 10:09 AM
From The Washington Post: The CIA is urging the White House to approve a significant expansion of the agency’s fleet of armed drones, a move that would extend the spy service’s decade-long transformation into a paramilitary force, U.S. officials said.
Obama, Romney campaign in Ohio, Iowa and Virginia
10/17/12 5:09 PM
With just three weeks left in the race, President Obama and Mitt Romney are hitting the campaign trail Wednesday to rally supporters.
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From Defense Professionals: Broad interstate cooperation needed to counter Iranian cyber activity
10/16/12 10:11 AM
From Defense Professionals: Iran is working to develop and implement a strategy to operate in cyberspace. The approach by Supreme Leader Khamenei to opportunities and risks inherent in cyberspace, reflected in his March 2012 announcement on the establishment of the Supreme Cyber Council, shows how central the issue is in Iran.
Federal Hot Minute Oct. 15, 2012
10/15/12 6:30 PM
One many unique characteristic of the government market is that sometimes politics influence business decisions.
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From the Washington Post: Boeing wins $1.9 billion contract for planes in Pentagon’s year-end spending surge
10/15/12 10:14 AM
From the Washington Post: Boeing, the world’s biggest aerospace company, won the largest Pentagon contract in September as military awards surged in the final month of the government’s fiscal year.
European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize
10/12/12 10:00 AM
The European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the midst of its greatest crisis since its beginnings in the 1950s.
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From Defense News: U.S. House report lists multitude of weapons programs sequestration would hit
10/11/12 10:57 AM
From Defense News: Unless lawmakers find a way to prevent a $53 billion cut to planned defense spending for 2013, the U.S. military services would be forced to buy fewer F-35 fighters, Stryker vehicles and Army helicopters, says a House panel. What’s more, the pending cut could jeopardize the Air Force’s plans for new tanker and bomber fleets.
From Washington Technology: Top 100 firm wins $107.8M contract for watershed protection
10/10/12 10:10 AM
From Washington Technology: Abt Associates has won a $107.8 million contract to provide technical support for assessment and watershed protection to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
Federal Hot Minute Oct. 8, 2012
10/9/12 11:06 AM
As we move into the government’s new fiscal year, here are just a few noteworthy headlines concerning the business of government.
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Android smartphone Malware warning issued by FBI
10/18/12 11:22 AM
The FBI is warning Android smartphones of two types of malware bugs - Loozfon and FinFisher.
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From FederalNewsRadio: Budget shortfalls driving CIOs' priorities
10/17/12 10:11 AM
From Federal News Radio: The Defense Department's move toward cloud computing is methodical and deliberate- pretty much as expected of most things the military does. But unlike many agencies, the main impetus is not to save money.
From Slate: Republicans warn Obama: cybersecurity executive order will practically destroy the internet
10/16/12 10:08 AM
From Slate: 11 GOP members of Congress—including the iPad-lovin’ Rep. Mary Bono Mack—are urging Obama not to issue an executive order at all, fearing that such a “hasty, unilateral action” would hold numerous consequences.
From Fed Scoop: Panetta says DOD finalizing cyberwar rules of engagment
10/15/12 10:17 AM
From Fed Scoop: The Department of Defense is finalizing the most comprehensive changes to its offensive rules of engagement in cyberspace to better protect civilian networks, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said.
2012 Vice presidential debate: Biden, Ryan at odds from the start
10/12/12 5:31 PM
At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. Both men seemed primed for a showdown from their opening moments on stage, and neither seemed willing to let the other one have the final word.
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Iran cyber threat growing, U.S.' Leon Panetta says
10/12/12 10:00 AM
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the threat of computer attacks from Iran has grown and he says the Pentagon is prepared to take action.
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From FederalNewsRadio: DoD, intelligence community tune in, turn off IT systems
10/11/12 10:54 AM
From Federal News Radio: The Defense Department and the intelligence community share a common challenge over the next several years: breaking down thousands of stovepiped technology systems and building coherent IT enterprises. And both organizations say they're working together to do it.
From Federal Computer Week: Cyber attacks on the upswing
10/10/12 10:04 AM
From Federal Computer Week: Cyberattacks against U.S businesses – including the public sector – are increasing in frequency and cost, with incidents growing by 42 percent in just the past year, according to a new study.
From Aviation Week: NSA director urges passage of cybersecurity ill
10/9/12 9:55 AM
From Aviation Week: Cyberattacks have breached the Pentagon and sent businesses into bankruptcy. Still, it might take a cyberdisaster that causes damage on the scale of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to get lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at shoring up the U.S.’s infrastructure.

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