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From NextGov: Pentagon goes on $8 billion tech spending spree
From NextGov: The Defense Department pumped out billions of dollars in new weapons contracts in a move apparently designed to obligate funds before year end.
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From NextGov: VA disability claims top 900K
From NextGov: The Veterans Affairs Department’s disability claims backlog edged above the 900,000 mark this week, with 608,365 -- 67.6 percent -- stuck in the system more than 125 days.
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Fiscal cliff countdown: No deal in sight as deadline nears
A person familiar with the details says President Barack Obama is not making a new 'fiscal cliff' offer at his high-stakes meeting with congressional leaders at the White House.
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Military contractors could be required to report cybersecurity breaches
From NextGov: A new mandate from the Defense Department could set the stage for military contractors to be compelled to report any sort of cybersecurity breach.
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Federal Hot Minute Dec. 24, 2012
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From NextGov: NASA signs $40 million web services contract
From NextGov: NASA has signed a blanket purchase agreement worth an estimated $40 million with the Rockville, Md., company InvoZen for Web enterprise services technology.
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Fiscal cliff talks: President Obama, Speaker Boehner battle over deal
President Barack Obama says he'll press ahead with Congress in hopes of preventing across-the-board tax increases set to strike taxpayers Jan. 1 after House GOP leaders unexpectedly put off a vote on legislation calling for higher rates on million-dollar earners Thursday evening.
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Fiscal Cliff: First the GOP's 'Plan B' - then the real compromise?
Confronted with a revolt among the rank and file, House Republicans abruptly put off a vote Thursday night on legislation allowing tax rates to rise for households earning $1 million and up, complicating attempts to avoid a year-end fiscal cliff that threatens to send the economy into recession.
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Business Machinery World Wide staff indicted
Prosecutors say that Tehran-based Business Machinery World Wide engaged in a four-year conspiracy to export more than $30 million in laptop computers, digital media equipment and other technology from the U.S. into Iran. Often the goods were routed through a subsidiary in Dubai.
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Federal Hot Minute Dec. 31, 2012
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From Fed Scoop: DOD signs $617 million joint entreprise Microsoft license agreement
From Fed Scoop: The Department of Defense announced Thursday it signed a three-year, $617 million joint enterprise license agreement for Microsoft products, including Microsoft Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Windows 8.
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EPA Chief Lisa Jackson stepping down
The Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, is stepping down after a nearly four-year tenure marked by high-profile brawls.
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Sequestration already affecting contractors before fiscal cliff
From the Washington Post: Contractors are getting ready for a very different economic environment once the calendar turns to 2013 due to the ongoing stalemate over the fiscal cliff.
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From NextGov: Data.gov moving to open source platform
From NextGov: The team that manages Data.gov is well on its way to making the government data repository open source using a new back-end called the Open Government Platform.
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John Kerry nominated for Secretary of State
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as his next secretary of state. Kerry's nomination marks Obama's first move in a sweeping overhaul of his national security team heading into a second term.
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Unemployment benefit claim numbers up by 17,000 last week
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week by 17,000, reversing four weeks of declines. But the number of people seeking aid is consistent with a job market that continues to grow modestly.
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski becoming first woman to head Senate Appropriations Committee
With her ascendancy to the chairmanship of Appropriations, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski enters a male-dominated realm that in the past has had sweeping power in deciding how federal dollars will be dispersed around the country.
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From Washington Technology: 5 trends you can't ignore
From Washington Technology: Here are five areas that are either emerging or re-emerging.
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