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The Earlybird: Headlines and Blog Posts
The Earlybird provides links to world, national and federal news headlines from a wide variety of sources. It also includes the latest posts from a range of federal-oriented blogs. The Earlybird is is automatically updated throughout the day, so check back often for the latest news.
TODAY'S TOP NEWS
Washington Post
- Fed plots careful exit strategy
- Rep. John Murtha dies at 77
- House GOP may skip summit
- Caps skilled in social networking
- Toyota recalls hybrids worldwide
New York Times
- On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map
- Representative John P. Murtha Dies at 77; Ex-Marine Was Iraq War Critic
- McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right
- Gates Voices Concern About Warship Sale to Russia
- Senator Lifts Holds on Most Nominees
Washington Times
- Stimulus foes see value in seeking cash
- President's bipartisan call hits wall of dissent
- Ayatollah: Iran's military will 'punch' West
- Army warned about jihadist threat in '08
- Rep. Murtha dies at age 77
CNN
- Iran's uranium enrichment fuels fear
- Crew checks shuttle for damage
- Sources: Taliban leader Mehsud dead
- Officer: Not first try to take Haitian kids
- Toyota recalls more than 400,000 cars
GOVEXEC NEWS
GovExec.com Headlines
- On Politics: Damage Control For Democrats
- NOAA proposes new climate agency
- Murtha dies at 77 after hospitalization
- From Nextgov.com: DISA telecommuters can work just fine even with more snow
- Army bases face funding gap this year
Nextgov Headlines
- DISA telecommuters can work just fine even with more snow
- Organizations with large IT staffs are most apt to recruit via the Web
- As NASA shifts priorities, officials need to keep eye on cybersecurity
- Defense shifts funding for command and control systems in 2011
- With budget released, administration starts pushing cloud message
OTHER FEDERAL NEWS
Washington Post Fed Page
- Managing a 'river of consumption'
- Obama team debated treating Detroit suspect Abdulmutallab as enemy combatant
- Featured Advertiser
- FTC probing CVS Caremark's prescription drug practices
- GSA set to announce new federal cafeteria contracts
Federal News Radio
- QHSR: Crowdsourced and complete
- CRS finds federal CTO role remains undefined
- VA sets rules for set-aside program
- OPM Director Berry says open/close status to be made after 6 p.m.
- Federal government closed Monday
Federal Computer Week
- Feds stay connected in aftermath of 2010 blizzard
- State's Consular Affairs plans software upgrade
- FDA rolls out Web-based risk assessment tool for food, drug imports
- Veterans Health Administration runs competition for health IT ideas
- Data Mining: Government spending by the numbers
BLOGS
Fedblog
- The Snow Days Just Keep Coming in DC
- Bureaucracy Reading II: James Q. Wilson's Bureaucracy
- Super Bowl Reactions
- Government's Operating Status in DC
- Should The Government in DC Open Tuesday?
Tech Insider
- OGOV Compliance Site Launches
- Crowdsourcing Contests Continue
- DHS Launches Its Open Gov Site
- Open Government Deadline Eve
- NASA's Version of R2
What's Brewin'
- The Marine, J.D. Salinger and Service
- On Patrol in the Snow
- DISA's Star Trek Communicators
- Takai Update, with Pal Aneesh
- Yes, It Snows in Washington
Federal Eye (Washington Post)
- Federal government closed on Tuesday
- The Federal Eye makes a Tuesday prediction...
- NOAA reorganizes to provide more info on global warming
- 2011 Budget: Brian Williams, Jimmy Fallon 'slow jam' the details
- Poor reviews for Census Super Bowl ad
Washington Wire (Wall Street Journal)
- Fight Shapes Up for Murtha's Seat
- NOAA: Blizzard Rearranges Climate Change Announcement
- Murtha's Death Ends the 'Pennsylvania Corner'
- Yemeni Cleric: No Difference Between Obama, Bush
- GOP's Issa Seeks to Grill Bush Aides on Toyota Recall
Dorobek Insider (Federal News Radio)
- DorobekINSIDER: DC snowpocalypse delays swearing in ceremony for GSA’s Johnson
- DorobekINSIDER: Most read 1.31 through 2.6: GSA’s Johnson, snow, pay raise, cyber-war
- DorobekINSIDER: GSA’s Martha Johnson to be sworn in Tuesday, Feb. 9
- DorobekINSIDER: Welcome to the new GSA administrator, Martha N. Johnson
- DorobekINSIDER: CA CIO Teri Takai to be named DOD CIO
