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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.
OpenSecrets Opens Data
April 13, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
Lobbyist watchdog Web site OpenSecrets.org is releasing the data underlying its searchable databases so that anyone can download and manipulate the information, the site announced on Monday. The data is only available in a format called CSV, or comma-separated values, a simple and common coding that was selected to accommodate ...
Some open government advocates question administration’s transparency commitment
April 10, 2009 New federal guidance on the Recovery Act has some open-government advocates concerned that the White House is backing away from plans to have agencies broadcast easily accessible news feeds disclosing stimulus spending. The Office of Management and Budget's April 3 guidelines for agencies on implementing the economic recovery plan "make ...
Some open gov advocates question administration's transparency commitment
April 10, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
New federal guidance on the Recovery Act has some open-government advocates concerned that the White House is backing away from plans to have agencies broadcast easily accessible news feeds disclosing stimulus spending. The Office of Management and Budget's April 3 guidelines for agencies on implementing the economic recovery plan "make ...
Air Safety Survey Back to Drawing Board
April 9, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
Federal auditors say an experimental web-based method of surveying pilots to identify predictors of airline accidents, which took 10 years to develop, does not adequately represent the wider population. The project, the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service, was started by NASA in 1997 to evaluate the feasibility of using surveys ...
From Nextgov.com: Opponents protest president’s proposed rule in his own Web 2.0 style
April 8, 2009 Some bloggers are using the social media tactics that President Obama has long promoted against him as they protest his proposed rule to overturn conscience protections for health care workers who refuse to participate in controversial medical procedures. Read the full story on Nextgov.com
Opponents protest Obama's proposed rule in his Web 2.0 style
April 8, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
Some bloggers are using the social media tactics that President Obama has long promoted against him as they protest his proposed rule to overturn conscience protections for health care workers who refuse to participate in controversial medical procedures. "Obama obviously has championed social media for his purposes. ... We are ...
Obama To Release Toxin Data Early
April 7, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
An open government advocate said on Monday that he noticed the wind shift at last week's annual conference on an EPA program that shares figures on outdoor chemical pollution with the public. Sean Moulton, OMB Watch's director of federal information policy and a keynote speaker at the event, said the ...
Acting GAO Chief Talks Transparency
April 6, 2009
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Gene L. Dodaro, the acting chief of the government's watchdog agency, tagged federal contracting as a high-risk area in the government during a recent presentation on promoting accountability and transparency in government. He was speaking at his alma mater, Williamsport, Pa.'s Lycoming College. The immediate focus of the Government Accountability ...
E-mail delay highlights sluggish federal communication network
April 6, 2009
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President Obama addresses a crowd in Prague on Sunday, April 5.Charles Dharapak/AP The Obama administration directed agencies in February to solicit input from employees on improving government transparency, but some didn't receive the message until after the comment period ended in March, according to several workers and consultants who provided ...
Commerce wants maps showing where broadband is needed
April 2, 2009
FROM NEXTGOV
The absence of a national map that pinpoints localities that lack high-speed Internet access could hinder the federal government from distributing stimulus funds to expand the service in those areas, lawmakers and federal officials said on Thursday. While federal agencies wait for accurate mapping, they are moving ahead on outreach ...
