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NewsOSTP seeks input on scientific digital data policies that enable sharing, interoperability
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy seeks recommendations for ensuring long-term and broad public access to unclassified digital data resulting from federally-funded scientific Read more...
Federal Register releases API
The Government Printing Office took a big step in modernizing the Federal Register with the release of an application programming interface August 1. The agency said it hopes the API will make it Read more...
Spotlight: Commerce seeks comment on cybersecurity policy framework
The Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force is seeking comments on the "Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy" report (.pdf) it published June 8, according to a June 15 notice Read more...
State Real ID deadline postponed until Jan. 2013
States have another 20 months to institute requirements of the Real ID law under a rule published March 7 in the Federal Register. The rule delays--for the third time--implementation of the 2005 Read more...
Federal Register goes online
It's about to get easier to find a federal regulation. The federal government is putting the complete body of federal rules online dating back to 2007, making it easier for the public to find and Read more...
Federal Register becomes 'web friendly'
The Federal Register is one of those essential 'Bibles' needed every day by lawyers, librarians, lobbyists and interest groups who want to find out what the federal government is doing. It's a must Read more...
White House changing its mind about cookies
In what could be a sharp reversal on a previous stance, the White House is reconsidering its policy barring federal websites from tracking online behavior. A Federal Register notice published this Read more...
Government health IT gets a few more advisers
It takes a village to raise a child, a phrase Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton once used in her best-selling book. Now it will take two committees to advice the government on health Read more...
Feds seek new tools to fight cyber attacks
It's no secret that federal networks are wide open to attack from outsiders around the world and even close to home. The federal government knows that well and is looking for advanced research Read more...
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