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by Mark Malseed Nov 12 2009, 01:20 AM Social media has dramatically changed the way we interact on and off the Web. And it keeps doing so, every few months launching us into a new feature set, a new tool, a new the place to be platform. How to keep up with it all? According to social media watcher David Armano, there will be yet another upheaval in social media in 2010. Mr. ...

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by Mark Malseed Nov 06 2009, 03:53 PM We can't cover every story out there, much as we try. But the least we can do is let you know we are paying attention to breaking news across the government sphere, and to explain our choices for bypassing these big stories.  5. Unemployment rate in U.S. tops 10% Not to worry at this rate, a lot of jobs will be opening up in Congress ...

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by Mark Malseed Nov 06 2009, 02:22 PM A resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the New York Yankees for winning the 2009 World Series passed easily this afternoon, but fell short of a shutout victory as 17 members of Congress voted Nay on the ceremonial bill. Another 30 members either voted Present or fully abstained from the Friday afternoon vote, unable to bring ...

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by Mark Malseed Nov 06 2009, 12:03 AM If all politics is local, a block-by-block map of election results is a picture of heaven. And that's exactly my reaction to this infographic from the New York Times showing the results of Tuesday's mayoral matchup between incumbent Michael Bloomberg and challenger William C. Thompson Jr. The interactive graphic reveals the expression of ...

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by Mark Malseed Nov 04 2009, 10:29 AM There was a bright spot this week in the drive to clear up the mess of what national security information can be declassified and what should remain secret. And with that bright spot, blurred vision too. The fiscal 2009 budget for the National Intelligence Program (NIP), a number previously kept classified, was revealed by the Director of ...

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by Mark Malseed Oct 29 2009, 05:18 PM Automotive website Edmunds.com injected fuel into the combustible debate over the Cash for Clunkers program today, saying its analysts found most of the 690,000 vehicles sold under the program would have been bought anyway. The result: the government and U.S. taxpayers paid dearly for the 125,000 extra car purchases believed to have been triggered ...

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by Mark Malseed Oct 29 2009, 11:43 AM Last Saturday, the Obama White House completed a changeover of the WhiteHouse.gov website to run on the open-source platform Drupal. The much-ballyhooed switch was hailed as a giant leap for openness, abandoning as it did the propriety content management system used by the Bush Administration. But is the shoop over to Drupal a disaster in the ...

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by Mark Malseed Oct 29 2009, 11:12 AM New regulations proposed by the Small Business Administration this week are aimed at closing a loophole that has been exploited by large government contractors in how they partner with 8(a) small and disadvantaged businesses. The state of Alaska has been the epicenter of the contracting dance, as "Alaska native corporations" hold ...

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by Mark Malseed Oct 28 2009, 10:10 AM Federal agency websites are beginning to catch up with the private sector in terms of citizen satisfaction, reaching their highest levels ever, according to a study released this morning. Websites by the Social Security Administration and the National Institutes of Health ranked highest on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) ...

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by Mark Malseed Oct 21 2009, 12:52 PM "Cash is fine, [I know] how to handle cash....you buy consumables....cash is good for anything....you can eat it, drink it or screw it." Stewart Nozette, former scientist at DoD, DOE and NASA, now under federal indictment for espionage after the FBI nabbed him in a sting operation  

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