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From FederalNewsRadio: Romney's private-sector approach to government includes downsizing workforce
9/21/12 9:54 AM
From Federal News Radio: In campaign speeches, Romney has spoken of aligning federal pay with that of the private sector. "Federal compensation exceeds private sector levels by as much as 30 to 40 percent when benefits are taken into account," his campaign website states. "This must be corrected."
From Washington Technology: 22 small businesses win $500M NIH marketing contract
9/20/12 10:00 AM
From Washington Technology: The National Institutes of Health has awarded 22 contracts worth a total of $500 million to small businesses that can provide communication and marketing services to government agencies.
From E-Commerce Times: Weak planning cripples IT leadership in federal agencies
9/19/12 9:56 AM
From the E-Commerce Times: Federal agencies are largely deficient in providing adequate succession plans and practices when it comes to IT managers.
From Federal Computer Week: Election 2012: What's at stake for feds?
9/18/12 10:07 AM
From Federal Computer Week: Here is a quick rundown on how Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, or their respective party platforms, differ on key issues for federal employees.
From FederalNewsRadio: White House warns of 'deeply destructive' cuts in sequestration report
9/17/12 9:54 AM
From Federal News Radio: White House warns of 'deeply destructive' cuts in sequestration report
From AOL Government: When software becomes a weapon of choice
9/14/12 9:56 AM
From AOL Government: There's little question that real-time information – and the ability to analyze and act on that information quickly – is becoming the ultimate weapon for warfighters.
From Washington Technology: Unisys wins $28M task order to consolidate GSA databases
9/13/12 10:12 AM
From Washington Technology: Unisys Corp. has won a task order worth up to $28 million over five years to operate and manage the database and middleware systems for the General Service Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service.
From Defense Systems: Satellites and secure wireless evolve to meet new demands
9/12/12 10:30 AM
From Defense Systems: The Defense Department is evaluating and deploying a variety of new systems in space, on the ground and even in the air.
From Politico: Defense firms confirm layoff warnings
9/11/12 10:04 AM
From Politico: Major defense contractors have confirmed they’ll send tens of thousands of employee layoff warnings shortly before Election Day, according to correspondence released Monday by Arizona Sen. John McCain.

From NextGov: Could cyber warfare nullify nuclear weapons
9/20/12 10:06 AM
From NextGov: Cyber weapons have the capacity to stop or delay a nuclear attack before launch. And if this is possible, countries may need to start stockpiling cyber weapons.
From Government Executive: Contractor suspensions and debarments on the rise
9/19/12 9:59 AM
From Government Executive: Suspensions and debarments of companies that violate federal contracting rules have increased across the government over the past three years, rising from just over 1,900 in fiscal 2009 to more than 3,000 in 2011, according to a new report.
From NextGov: U.S., Japan agree to deploy advanced missile defense system
9/18/12 10:09 AM
From NextGov: Officials in the United States and Japan have reached an agreement to deploy a second advanced missile defense radar on Japanese territory to counter North Korean missile threats, reports note.
From FederalNewsRadio: From the Pentagon, a plea for budget normalcy
9/17/12 9:56 AM
From Federal News Radio: From the Pentagon, a plea for budget normalcy
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From the Los Angeles Times: House passes stopgap federal spending measure
9/14/12 9:58 AM
From the Los Angeles Times: The Republican-led House approved legislation Thursday to keep it running into next year, jettisoning the GOP’s earlier strategy of using the annual federal funding bill as leverage to extract spending cuts.
From FederalNewsRadio.com: DoD works to institutionalize contracting lessons from Iraq, Afghanistan
9/13/12 10:13 AM
From Federal News Radio: The department was grossly unprepared for the extent to which it would need to rely on service contractors to prosecute the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaders now acknowledge.
From Huffington Post: Paving the way to improved patient care
9/12/12 10:31 AM
From Huffington Post: Despite heated political debates on the future of our health care system, there is bipartisan agreement that health IT can be a powerful tool to transform and modernize the delivery of health care in our country.
From Search Security: Napolitano calls for cybersecurity intelligence information sharing
9/11/12 10:08 AM
From Search Security: Describing threats to the U.S. cyber infrastructure as perhaps the most serious danger facing the nation today, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security renewed the call for guidelines to facilitate public-private cybersecurity information sharing.
Federal Hot Minute Sept. 9, 2012
9/11/12 7:41 AM
Mergers and acquisitions may be as fundamental to a government contractor’s success as getting on the right contract vehicle.
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