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From Nextgov.com: Impact of data center closures is unclear
Three weeks after the White House announced a plan to close 137 federal data centers, details on the extent of the move remain unclear.
Pay & Benefits
Agriculture may work with Shirley Sherrod’s nonprofit
Wrongly dismissed rural office director is in contract talks with department to have her nonprofit help with outreach to minority farmers.
Pay & Benefits
Locality pay will remain unchanged in 2012
Officials decline to modify pay boundaries in six metropolitan regions or add any new areas.
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TSP expenses likely to rise next year
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has trimmed costs to stay under budget for fiscal 2011.
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Treasury taps federal pensions as Uncle Sam hits debt ceiling
Federal law requires government to repay with interest retirement funds once debt limit is increased.
Defense
Was U.S. intelligence on bin Laden off target?
Officials have yet to report evidence that any of the plots the terrorist mastermind mulled over in his Pakistan compound actually became operational.
Oversight
As government hits debt limit, tensions rise
Vice President Joe Biden is heading up talks with congressional leaders designed to reach a deficit reduction framework and pass an increase in the debt ceiling.
Tech
Fatter Federal Paychecks
Surveys show high-end federal IT employers outearn non-IT feds and private sector counterparts.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: SOCOM eyes Android smartphones, tactical cellular networks
U.S. Special Operations Command seeks a radio with a 1-mile range and the capacity to plug-and-play with Android devices.
Pay & Benefits
Ex-SEC employees enjoy ‘revolving door,’ study says
Project on Government Oversight database documents more than 200 Securities and Exchange Commission veterans who represented clients before the regulators.
Oversight
Most of the money allotted for defunct DHS financial management project went unspent
Official says department obligated just a fraction of the millions associated with unsuccessful IT project.
Defense
Government fears too much disclosure in bin Laden raid will jeopardize future missions
The administration understands the public's demand for details of the rare mission but worries some officials are speaking too freely.
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From Nextgov.com: White House sends Congress long-awaited cybersecurity proposal
Guidelines don’t address some contentious issues, including the president’s authority to shut down Internet in an emergency.
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