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OSTP 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...

Press Releases

VA Updates Information Sharing Rule with DOD

Federal Rule Change Enhances Collaboration and Preserves Patient Privacy WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it is amending an agency rule in the Read more >>

Draft Gulf War Task Force Report Is Released

Report Redefines How Care and Services Are Provided to Gulf War Veterans WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that the Department’s Gulf War Read more >>

CAGW Reacts to FCC’s New Network Neutrality Rules

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the final rules on “Preserving the Open Internet” were published in the Federal Register. The network neutrality rules will, for the first time in the history of Read more >>

Obama Administration Moves to Eliminate Nation’s Top Jobs Program for Minorities, According to the American Small Business

PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The following is a statement by the American Small Business League: The day after President Obama rolled out his jobs program, his administration quietly announced Read more >>

SBA Proposes Increase in Size Standards To Help Reflect Changes in Marketplace

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A proposed rule published today for comment in The Federal Register by the U.S. Small Business Administration would adjust the size definition of small businesses in the Read more >>