VIDEO: Leading Trends in Information Technology from ITSAF 2012

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VIDEO: Leading Trends in Information Technology
Secretary Ramos opens the 2012 IT Security Awareness Fair with a welcome to the Government ISO community. He addresses some of the challenges that Government faces protecting important information while still providing services at an exceptional level as well as the leading trends in the Information Technology environment.

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Congress To Federal Workers: ‘The Party’s Over’

Originally posted on AOL Gov by Judi Hasson

In an effort to ensure taxpayers won't be footing any more big bills for lavish Las Vegas parties, lawmakers have approved the first of what could be several new rules governing events for federal workers.

The House voted Wednesday to approve the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) to set new standards for federal agencies planning outings. It includes a $500,000 spending cap on conferences held by individual agencies and would require every agency to disclose what they are spending on contracts on a single public website.

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GovEvents & Aol Announce Partnership

 

GovEvents.com to power events section of AOL's government-focused sites.
(PRWEB) March 05, 2012

GovEvents.com, the web portal for all government-related events, announced today that the company will power the events sections on AOL Government, AOL Energy, and AOL Defense. GovEvents' feeds, driven by keywords specific to each sites' audience, will provide site users with a customized view of events applicable to their industry.
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