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Obama’s $447 Billion Jobs Plan – Tax Cuts For Employees And Employers

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President Barack Obama urged Congress Thursday night to pass a proposed $447 billion plan “right away” that would extend and expand the payroll tax cut to workers for another year and, for the first time, giving employers a break in their payroll taxes.

The American Jobs Act proposal includes more than $250 billion in tax incentives for small businesses and employers, according to administration estimates, in an effort to bring down the 9.1 percent unemployment rate, and “give a jolt” to a stalled economy. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Technology

Acquiring Cloud Computing Services Getting Easier: GSA’s Mary Davie

Source: GSA

Help Wanted: President Obama’s Job Plans Faces A Reluctant Congress

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President Obama raises the curtain Thursday night on a $400 billion plan to jump start the nation’s economy. It’s called the American Job Act. But will it work?

It would pour thousands of jobs into the marketplace and bring down the 9.1 percent unemployment rate, for sure. But there is one big bump in the road: It has to be approved by Congress. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM

Recovery.gov: A Good Start But Show Us All the Missing Data

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Recovery.gov is the U.S. government’s official website that provides easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse. My AOL colleague, Richard Walker wrote recently about how Recovery.gov “Shows The Power Of Transparency In Tracking Federal Spending” since the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board [RAT Board] has provided “a commendable model of transparency… the tremendous success of the RAT Board is worthy of replication throughout the federal bureaucracy.”

He also mentions how the proposed Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011 (DATA Act) would establish consistent data elements and standards for federal financial information to assure comparability and reliability in reported information and how recipient reporting through federalreporting.gov is the most cutting-edge feature of the transparency process and should be an integral part of federal spending accountability. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 3:00 PM

GSA Loses Network Services Leader

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While everyone is replaceable, experts agree the GSA has some digging to do in order to find a good one for Karl Krumbholz.

Now that the General Services Administration is losing its leading man of network services programs, agency officials are charged with finding someone to lead the programs while also fitting into the changing telecommunications world, according to a Federal Computer Week article. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM

The Golden Age Of ‘The Budgeteer’

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In Washington, you can’t go too long in cocktail party banalities without people asking “So…what do you do?”

It wasn’t too long ago that my response, “I’m a budget geek”, used to elicit a half-hearted, “Oh. Great.”, as their eyes glazed over, scanning the crowd looking for the next target. But that’s beginning to change. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 1:01 PM

DHS’ Major Progress Endangered By Lack of Strategic Oversight

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Far from the “boondoggle” that some have called it, the Department of Homeland Security has made significant progress integrating 22 separate agencies and nearly 200,000 employees since its creation in 2003. But that continued upward trajectory of progress seems anything but certain if senior managers remain unable to conduct a strategic pause amid ongoing threats and security events to ensure major acquisition programs and department-wide policies are executed properly.

That’s the underlying conclusion of the most recent study released September 7 of the DHS by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 12:05 PM

9/11 – Satellite Perspectives Of The Pentagon

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Herndon, VA-based GeoEye captures the damage, the reconstruction, and the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon in a series of images from its IKONOS and GeoEye 1 satellites traveling 423 miles above the earth’s surface at a speed of 17,000 miles an hour.

This photo gallery can be better viewed by clicking the gray square in the lower right corner of the picture framed below, which opens the gallery in a larger viewing window. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 11:01 AM

The Weak Link: User Authentication and Security Awareness

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If I were a betting man, I’d place a wager that some of you reading this article re-use the same password for multiple online services: online banking, enterprise email, your personal Gmail account, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Skype (to name but a few).

Don’t worry, you’re not alone: you share an affliction with many millions of people around the world – and even as a security professional, I’ll admit that until a few years ago, I was guilty of the same. Why do we do it? Well, that’s simple: it makes it easy to remember. Unfortunately, it also makes the job of the hacker much easier than if we had different passwords for each account. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Management

The Three Core Challenges Still Facing Homeland Security Department

Source: GAO
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