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Timothy Cannon, former FEMA official, pleads guilty
1/15/13 2:23 PM
The former director of human resources at the Federal Emergency Management Agency has pleaded guilty to negotiating a job for himself at the Gallup Organization while he was supervising Gallup's multimillion-dollar contract with FEMA.
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From FWC: Marines seeking own IT warehouse
1/15/13 10:30 AM
From FWC: The Marine Corps wants to operate its own IT warehouse, which would be owned and run by the government but supported by contractors, according to a new request for information.
From NextGov: FBI posts Google maps of bank heists
1/14/13 10:21 AM
From NextGov: The FBI has begun collecting tips on the names of unidentifiable bank robbery suspects through a new Google map that pictures heists nationwide, bureau officials announced this week.
From GCN: How do you know if your data is in good hands?
1/10/13 10:40 AM
From GCN: When agencies move IT workloads to the cloud, they often gain flexibility and efficiency, but do the owners of the data know where their data is? They should.
Obama administration considers leaving no troops in Afghanistan after 2014
1/9/13 10:05 AM
The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces.
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From NextGov: Defense law aims to preempt software attacks
1/8/13 10:12 AM
From NextGov: Military software engineers will soon have to follow new testing rules amid high-profile hacks that occur due to design flaws in computer code. The new policy was codified in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Obama Jan. 2.
Chuck Hagel nominated for defense secretary
1/7/13 6:19 PM
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. He is also President Obama's probable nominee for defense secretary.
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John Boehner re-elected as Speaker of the House
1/4/13 10:21 AM
It wasn't unanimous even to his own party, but House Speaker John Boehner earned re-election to his post as the 113th Congress convened for the first time Thursday.
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Payroll tax cut set to expire even with fiscal cliff deal
1/3/13 10:30 AM
Legislation to avert the fiscal cliff did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax from expiring. That means the average worker will still see a fairly significant bump in their tax liability.
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From AOL Defense: Air Force leaders warn budget woes could hurt force
1/15/13 10:32 AM
From AOL Defense: The Air Force's top leaders warn that the "nation's on-going budget gymnastics impose costly consequence on the Air Force and other services" and pleaded with Congress to avoid sequester, which they said would leave a "hollow force" unable to perform its mission.
From Governing: Washington, D.C., tops list of top 10 cities for tech growth
1/14/13 10:25 AM
From Governing: Silicon Valley? That is so 1995. As it turns out, other metropolitan areas across the country are kicking some Bay Area rear when it comes to tech job growth since the millennium.
From Government Executive: Pentagon would furlough all civilians under revised sequestration, analyst says
1/10/13 10:42 AM
From Government Executive: Unless Congress achieves a deal to head off the revised schedule for across-the-board spending cuts, the Defense Department in March will be forced to begin rotating monthly furloughs of all 791,000 of its civilian employees, a prominent budget analyst said.
From AOL Gov: Why social media networs are gaining a greater role in IT decisions
1/9/13 10:08 AM
From AOL Gov: It was only a matter of time before social media's impact in the marketplace would begin to alter the way executives go about their business in the workplace.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Google CEO in North Korea
1/8/13 10:13 AM
The Google chairman wants a first-hand look at North Korea's economy and social media in his private visit Monday to the communist nation. Joining him was former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who has traveled more than a half-dozen times to North Korea over the past 20 years.
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John Brennan, Chuck Hagel nominated to national security team
1/7/13 6:19 PM
President Barack Obama nominated Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term national security team.
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From FCW: Would Kerry advance e-diplomacy
1/4/13 10:24 AM
From FCW: Does the presumed successor to Hillary Clinton have her commitment to cyber-statecraft?
Unemployment benefit claims up by 10,000 last week
1/3/13 10:30 AM
More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, though the winter holidays likely distorted the data for the second straight week.
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Fiscal cliff 2013: Obama, GOP leaders still have work to do
1/2/13 11:55 PM
A late-night House session Tuesday did lead to a partisan vote in favor of averting the fiscal cliff, but many critical issues remain unresolved. That sets up another potential fight later this year.
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