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Canada makes Northwest Passage sovereignty a priority issue
Canadian assertion of sovereignty over the emerging arctic Northwest Passage waterway continues to remain a point of contention between the United States and its northern neighbor, says the Congressional Research Service.
Ninth Circuit lets lawsuit proceed against NSA over warrantless wiretapping
A civil suit against the government filed over National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping can proceed, ruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a Dec. 29 opinion (.pdf). The opinion sends
Obama: Federal IT 'horrible'
Add President Barack Obama to the list of top federal officials unhappy with the lack of pizzazz in federal information technology. Obama, who had to fight to keep his Blackberry when assuming
Release of secret documents delayed
President Obama is pledging an unprecedented age of transparency, but the spy agencies are holding him up. There are a number of documents--all more than 25 years old--that the administration has not
A green light for E-Verify
Federal agencies on Tuesday began requiring contractors to use an electronic system to verify whether their employees are eligible to work in the U.S. The E-Verify mandate has been long in the
Obama gets mixed grades on transparency
Everyone in government knows that President Obama is trying to make the federal government transparent. But with every success, there have been problems. An annual report card that measures the level
Acting White House cyberczar quits
Melissa E. Hathaway, the acting White House cyberczar who had the job (but didn't really), resigned on Monday. She said she didn't want to wait any longer for what has become an arduous process of
U.S. considered 2003 cyber attack on Iraq
U.S. military and intelligence agencies considered a cyber attack against Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion to freeze Saddam Hussein's bank accounts, and disable the country's financial and
Congress adds millions for e-gov
In a remarkable shift in gears, Congress has finally opened the floodgates to fund the e-government fund for 2010. The House version includes $33 million and the Senate version includes $35 million,
Another e-Verify delay
The Obama administration is trying to implement e-Verify, the employment verification system for contractors, but they are delaying it again--for the fourth time. These delays cannot help but
