Sen. Tom Coburn has said sequestration will happen and that the pain is necessary for both sides to make tough cuts to the federal budget going forward, according to an MSNBC article. “It’s a
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Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, says his collaboration with ranking member Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has helped bolster their push for cybersecurity policy reforms, GovInfoSecurity reported Tuesday.
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee recently held a hearing into the financial viability and possible dissolution of the Commerce Department‘s National Technical Information Service, FCW reported Wednesday. Mark Rockwell writes
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A Senate committee is working to expand the Department of Homeland Security’s authority to hire for its cyber operations, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes the Homeland Security and Governmental
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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla) has urged the federal government to first safeguard its information technology networks from cyber attacks before proposing cybersecurity measures for the private sector, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Andy
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Sen. Tom Coburn has asked Jeff Zients, deputy director of management at the Office of Budget and Management, to re-direct money from 10 jobs to other positions as a way to handle
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All will not be lost if negotiations go nowhere and the deficit reduction supercommittee fails to reach an agreement, according to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). During an appearance on CNN’s “State of
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A report by the Department of Homeland Security‘s inspector general has identified potential weaknesses in cybersecurity and system monitoring processes at the agency, Federal Times reported Monday. Andy Medici writes the IG
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More federal agencies are cancelling and reducing scheduled furloughs for the remainder of fiscal 2013 after budget reprogramming and reviews, Gov Exec reports Tuesday. Eric Katz writes that only the Office of
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The administrators of General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget‘s Federal Procurement Policy office have asserted before the Senate the huge savings government can gain from strategic sourcing, FCW reported
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