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Aliya Sternstein
Senior Correspondent
Aliya Sternstein reports on cybersecurity and homeland security systems for Nextgov. She has covered technology for nine years at such publications as National Journal's TechnologyDaily, Federal Computer Week and Forbes. Before joining Government Executive, she covered agriculture and derivatives trading for Congressional Quarterly. She has been a guest commentator on C-SPAN, WTOP and Federal News Radio. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Financial Reform Transparency
June 16, 2009
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The White House on Wednesday released a plan for protecting consumers from deceptive financial practices that calls for greater disclosure, or, "transparency," as President Obama likes to say. The plan aims to increase transparency by requiring that all disclosures and other communications with consumers are clear and conspicuous in identifying ...
Activists call on U.S. to provide unfettered Internet access to Iranian citizens
June 16, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
As violence flares in Tehran over the apparent reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Obama administration should help Iranian citizens obtain unfettered Internet access through distributed networks, some civil liberties activists advised. Iranians outraged over allegations of vote rigging reportedly have been text messaging each other to organize impromptu rallies ...
From Nextgov.com: Activists call on U.S. to provide unfettered Internet access to Iranian citizens
June 16, 2009 As violence flares in Tehran over the apparent reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Obama administration should help Iranian citizens obtain unfettered Internet access through distributed networks, some civil liberties activists advised. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.
No Tweets in Iranian Election
June 12, 2009
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A twitter outage in Iran on Friday reportedly foiled some supporters of a leading reformist candidate in the country's presidential election. Former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi had relied heavily on the broadcast text-messaging application to rally voters, according to the Wall Street Journal. Heavy voter turnout was expected to ...
The Public Eye
June 12, 2009
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Bev Godwin of the White House's new media office sizes up the potential and pitfalls of opening up to citizens online. From Day 1 of the new administration, President Obama has called upon federal agencies to be more transparent, or, in his words, "disclose information rapidly in forms that the ...
Vinton Cerf: Outer space could be next frontier for cybersecurity
June 11, 2009
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Google executive Vinton Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, said a tool for securing ad hoc networks used in warfare might be sitting in an extraterrestrial Internet that he and NASA have been testing. A cybersecurity strategy "has been waiting in the interplanetary Internet" Cerf and NASA began ...
Dems slam Bush administration for stalling EPA health-risk database
June 11, 2009
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Democrats on a House subcommittee on Thursday alleged that a database the Environmental Protection Agency designed to provide science on health risks that particular chemicals pose was stalled -- and could continue to be impeded -- because of improper Bush administration interference. At a hearing on fixing EPA's Integrated Risk ...
From Nextgov.com: Outer space could be next frontier for cybersecurity, says Internet's 'father'
June 11, 2009 Google executive Vinton Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, said a tool for securing ad hoc networks used in warfare might be available in an extraterrestrial Internet that he and NASA have been testing. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.
FAA Launches Safety Site
June 10, 2009
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The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday remodeled its Web site partly to direct users to its safety-related content. "Safety and efficiency are at the center of what FAA does, and we've dedicated a What We Do promotional area on the home page to highlight this message," the site states. The ...
From Nextgov.com: Recovery board to issue application agencies can use to report stimulus data
June 9, 2009 The board charged with oversight of stimulus spending is working with the Environmental Protection Agency to deploy a software package that agencies and recipients of stimulus funds can use to report spending data to Recovery.gov, officials with the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board said. Read the full story on Nextgov.com
