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NewsAlec Ross: No sympathy for al Shabaab Twitter account
Government control of the Internet is a losing proposition and al Shabaab deserves "no sympathy" from efforts to remove it from Twitter, said a State Department official during a Jan. 10 online talk. Read more...
Twitter enables global State Department briefings
During the month of January the State Department will take five questions from the international Twitter community every Friday after its daily press briefing. The department fielded questions during Read more...
OMB's contracting efficiencies savings overstated, says GAO
Reported savings of an Office of Management and Budget initiative directing agencies cut costs through better contracting practices have been based on inconsistent data sources, says the Government Read more...
State Department official warns of data center consolidation 2.0
Federal agencies are rapidly consolidating data centers and moving programs to the cloud, but one federal official worries brash action could lead to a future riddled with inefficient cloud silos. Read more...
Obama signs global Open Government Partnership charter
In advance of the United Nation's General Assembly, world leaders congregated Sept. 20 at New York City's Waldorf Astoria hotel to formally launch a new initiative called the Open Government Read more...
Vast disparities in agency FOIA processing times
Federal agencies react with wide disparity in the amount of time it takes to process complex Freedom of Information Act requests, compared to simple ones, according to a Sept. 6 report from Read more...
Continuous monitoring at State Dept. has weaknesses, says GAO
A custom-coded State Department continuous monitoring tool has limitations, says the Government Accountability Office. In a report dated July 8--but not posted online until Aug. 8--GAO auditors say Read more...
DOJ grades agency FOIA performance
An assessment by the Justice Department's office of information policy on cabinet department self-reported enactment of Obama administration Freedom of Information Act policy during the last fiscal Read more...
Mixed morale at Consular Affairs IT office
Morale at the State Department's Office of Consular Systems and Technology is "best described as mixed," due to the leadership of its director, Kirit Amin, says a State Department inspector general Read more...
Chinese hackers penetrate personal Gmail accounts of senior federal officials
Hackers appearing to originate from Jinan, China have hijacked the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) email accounts of hundreds of users, including the personal accounts of senior U.S. government officials, Read more...
| Press ReleasesUnder Secretary of State Hormats at Counterfeit Drug Conference: Global Collaboration Key to Curb the Spread of CounterfeiNABP Given Inaugural Partnership for Safe Medicines Guardian Award WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Collaboration within the U.S. government, collaboration between governments themselves, and Read more >> Bureau of Diplomatic Security Wins U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation AwardAward recognized innovation and excellence in creating effective teams to identify attackers and eliminate malicious code WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SANS Institute Read more >> NRF Says Bill to Shorten Visa Processing Time Will Create U.S. JobsWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The National Retail Federation today welcomed the introduction of legislation sponsored by Representative Joe Heck, R-Nev., intended to ease delays in the visa Read more >> The Department of State Celebrates the United States' Entry into the Open Government PartnershipBureau of Information Resource ManagementSeptember 20, 2011 Background
President Obama has made openness a high priority in his Administration, committing his Administration to an "unprecedented Read more >> |
