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Jan 17, 2012

OMB Transitions

Today, President Obama announced that following my departure from OMB next month to become his Chief of Staff, Jeff Zients will serve as Acting Director. With Jeff serving as Acting Director and Heather Higginbottom continuing her excellent work as Deputy Director, OMB will ...

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SOURCE: Office of Management and Budget Blog Feed

Jan 27, 2012

FOIA Friday: The Fracking New York Times - How Industry and the Government Reacted to an Expose

FOIA FRIDAY This week's document: Internal emails from the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration responding to a New York Times article on fraking. Document dates: June and July, 2011 Every Friday, POGO will strive to make one document available ...

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SOURCE: The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog

Jan 25, 2012

Blog: Semper Eadem

Semper Eadem What do Federal cyber security chiefs and Queen Elizabeth I have in common? The guts and determination to fend off an armada of invaders - perhaps? Despite Federal CISOs’ f

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Jan 27, 2012

Patent and Trademark Office Sides with Beyonce, Jay-Z

If you're thinking you might be able to capitalize financially on the birth of Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby daughter, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a message for you: Back off. The Smoking Gun reports that a New York City clothing designer, Joseph Mbeh, tried to ...

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SOURCE: Fedblog

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