On Tuesday, the Department of Transportation put a ban on texting while driving for commercial truck drivers and bus drivers – the first time a federal agency has taken action in this
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The Obama administration’s expansive effort to bring transparency to the federal government is moving forward, but not without its share of challenges. David McClure, associate administrator of the Office of Citizen Services
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As President Obama plans to propose a spending freeze in his 2011 fiscal budget for the next three years agencies are getting anxious. This proposal will be revealed this upcoming Monday, February
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told chiefs of defense from central and south Asia that the U.S. is “in this for the long haul.” He reiterated Defense Secretary
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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano has called for a reassessment of SBInet, the virtual border fence program. SBInet is an $8 billion electronic surveillance system, first contracted by Boeing in September 2006. According
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The Office of Personnel Management has taken steps to improve the federal government’s job engine USAJOBS.gov, making changes to increase ease and efficiency. “USAJOBS is a great example of a hugely successful
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The OMB has announced an across-the-board, top-line hard spending freeze in the federal budget. Pell grants will be unaffected, as will job creation measures before congress for fiscal 2010 because the freeze
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Yesterday, January 25th, 2010, the Small Business Administration announced that they renewed their partnership with the Minority Business RoundTable (MRBT). MRBT is a national membership organization for minority CEOs. SBA hopes to
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John H. James, Jr., has been appointed to lead the sizeable task of reforming the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) by serving as director of the NSPS Transition Office (NSPSTO). He will
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Just last week we mentioned the launch of “milBook,†the Defense Department’s secure networking tool. Now the Navy is launching “Pulse.†This will be their very own secure blog. Robert Carey, Navy
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