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Defense
Senate aide says cybersecurity bill is moving
Legislation to help government and private sector better prepare for and respond to high-tech attacks has real shot at Senate passage this year, according to top staffer.
Features
Health Hazard
Warning: Patient privacy could complicate the blueprint for an electronic medical records system.
Oversight
Groups hail nomination of IP coordinator
Victoria Espinel, who is expected to easily win confirmation, previously served as assistant trade representative for intellectual property.
Oversight
Impact of Kennedy loss on health care debated
Legislators note late senator's work on issue as driving force.
Oversight
Federal CIOs are key to Obama's change agenda
President Obama's technology-focused policies stand to infuse chief information officers with more authority and influence.
Features
Racing To Innovate
President Obama’s technology-focused policies stand to infuse chief information officers with more authority and influence.
Oversight
Group calls for overhaul of privacy regulations
NIST board recommends heightened government leadership on the issue and suggests hiring a full-time chief privacy officer at OMB.
Oversight
Groups want transparency in the spotlight
OMB Watch has circulated a sign-on letter among transparency groups urging the administration to "open the open government directive process" to the public.
Oversight
Cash-strapped Patent and Trademark Office awaits new leadership
Agency faces a backlog of more than 750,000 applications.
Oversight
FBI chief: Mortgage fraud caseload is overwhelming agency
Agents have more than 2,000 active mortgage fraud investigations.
Oversight
Holder shifts rules on Freedom of Information Act requests
New policies are aimed at ushering in "a new era of open government."
Defense
Archives officials urge caution on declassification policy
A forthcoming executive order from President Obama of government information could include plans to create a National Declassification Center.
Oversight
Lieberman renews push for easier access to CRS reports
Over the past decade, a series of bills requiring public access to Congressional Research Service reports has made little progress, but could gain traction with the increased emphasis on government transparency.
Oversight
Obama's FOIA directive brings praise, bit of skepticism
Memo calls for openness and transparency from federal agencies.
Oversight
Obama names science and technology team
President-elect says he will promote "free and open inquiry" and listen to his advisers, even when they are presenting "inconvenient" findings.
Oversight
Chamber report proposes fixes to patent review process
Re-establishing the Patent and Trademark Office as a government corporation is among the recommendations.
Oversight
Future of Obama's Web communications debated
The Presidential Records Act could cause a shift in the president-elect's online strategy.
Oversight
Groups ask Obama to reverse policies restricting access to information
Transparency advocates are upset by Bush administration orders that give agencies more reasons to withhold documents from the public.
Oversight
Hearing on attorney general nominee set for January
Senate Judiciary chairman says he wants to move quickly on considering Eric Holder.
