Many Feds Face Furloughs Twice
Lawmakers Push Retroactive Furlough Pay
How Long Has the Shutdown Lasted?
In Focus: Who Faces Furloughs?
No TSP Contributions During a Shutdown
How Contractors Might Weather a Shutdown
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Atlantis launch marks a bittersweet end to shuttle program
July 8, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. -- Finding a break in the clouds, NASA's Atlantis space shuttle lifted off toward the International Space Station at 11:29 a.m. EDT on Friday, from launch pad 39A. This will be Atlantis' 33rd and final flight, and the last mission of NASA's space shuttle fleet. NASA ...
Atlantis launch marks a bittersweet end to shuttle program
July 8, 2011 Kennedy Space Center, Fla. -- Finding a break in the clouds, NASA's Atlantis space shuttle lifted off toward the International Space Station at 11:29 a.m. EDT on Friday, from launch pad 39A. This will be Atlantis' 33rd and final flight, and the last mission of NASA's space shuttle fleet. NASA ...
Lessons from Estonia: Preparing for a major cyberattack
July 6, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Visit "Governing Security in a Networked World" to see in-depth video interviews with top thinkers on cybersecurity. In the spring of 2007, Estonia became the first nation to face a coordinated, nationwide cyberattack when a series of electronic bombardments struck down media, telecommunications, government and banking websites. Digital traffic from ...
From Nextgov: Estonian experience offers lessons on preparing for a major cyberattack
July 6, 2011 In the spring of 2007, Estonia became the first nation to face a coordinated, nationwide cyberattack when a series of electronic bombardments struck down media, telecommunications, government and banking websites. Digital traffic from servers as far away as Peru, Vietnam and the United States flooded Estonian websites, drowning them in ...
‘C’ Is for Change
June 15, 2011 As agency chiefs take the lead on financial, technology and personnel reforms, they see hurdles to innovation. The Obama administration has unveiled myriad initiatives to improve the business of government, but objectives ranging from financial reforms to information security have been difficult to implement-especially as they trigger changes in the ...
Senior executives give low marks to Obama appointees
May 27, 2011 A new survey shows strained relationships between senior career federal managers and executives and the political appointees they work with. In the survey, respondents rated Obama appointees lower than those in previous administrations. Obama appointees earned a C average, or 2.0, compared with a 2.3 for those in the George ...
Tornadoes knock out power to Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center
April 28, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
The tornadoes that barreled through Alabama Wednesday night and Thursday knocked out power to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, headquarters of Army logistics and missile commands and the home of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The power outage and center's subsequent closure will not affect the launch of the space shuttle ...
From Nextgov.com: Tornadoes knock out power to Redstone Arsenal, Marshall Space Flight Center
April 28, 2011 The tornadoes that barreled through Alabama Wednesday night and Thursday knocked out power to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, headquarters of Army logistics and missile commands and the home of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The power outage and center's subsequent closure will not affect the launch of the space shuttle ...
Exclusive survey: Feds don’t know whether they'll be furloughed
April 7, 2011 This story has been updated. More than half of federal managers and employees surveyed Wednesday said their agencies had not shared plans with them for implementing a shutdown of operations if funding for government agencies runs out Friday night -- and nearly as many didn't know whether or not they ...
