GovernmentExecutive.com  Homeland Security Week
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  1. House approves Homeland Security spending bill
  2. From Nextgov.com: Cyber Command creation leaves key details to be addressed
  3. Stimulus gives federal money managers a seat at the table
  4. House passes fiscal 2010 Interior-Environment bill
  5. From Nextgov.com: Governmentwide contracts program will remain intact
  6. Amendment process for DHS spending bills attracts attention
  7. Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA
  8. Quote of the week
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  1. House approves Homeland Security spending bill
    By Chris Strohm, CongressDaily

    Republicans complain Democrats are placing inappropriate limits on amendments.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43032&dcn=e_hsw

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  2. From Nextgov.com: Cyber Command creation leaves key details to be addressed
    By Bob Brewin

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates mandates new organization; operational, budget issues to be sorted out in coming months.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43030&dcn=e_hsw

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  3. Stimulus gives federal money managers a seat at the table
    By Katherine McIntire Peters

    Chief financial officers are under enormous pressure to meet new reporting requirements with outdated financial systems.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43071&dcn=e_hsw

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  4. House passes fiscal 2010 Interior-Environment bill
    By Humberto Sanchez, CongressDaily

    The $32.3 billion measure matches Obama's request and tops the fiscal 2009 amount by $4.7 billion.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43044&dcn=e_hsw

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  5. From Nextgov.com: Governmentwide contracts program will remain intact
    By Gautham Nagesh

    GSA official says he was making a long-term projection when he told conference participants the agency would merge GWACs with its schedules program.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43046&dcn=e_hsw

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  6. Amendment process for DHS spending bills attracts attention
    By Humberto Sanchez and Dan Friedman, CongressDaily

    Democratic leaders hope to finish all 12 appropriations measures before end of the fiscal year.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43010&dcn=e_hsw

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  7. Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA
    By Alex M. Parker

    Commutes to Silver Spring, Md., campus are disrupted by train collision, but no major injuries are reported among workforce.

    Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43015&dcn=e_hsw

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  8. Quote of the Week:

    "Our increasing dependency on cyberspace, alongside growing threats and vulnerabilities, adds a new element of risk to our national security."

    -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a June 23 memo announcing the creation of a Cyber Command under U.S. Strategic Command.

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