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Barack Obama introduced Nancy Killefer Wednesday.
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- Voinovich decides not to seek reelection 01/12/09 Senator has focused on civil service and federal management issues for years.
- Reply-all e-mail storm hits State Department 01/12/09 Workers are told they could be disciplined for using the function to send messages to large distribution lists.
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- From Nextgov.com: Groups release top 25 programming errors to improve cybersecurity 01/12/09 Security professionals say agencies can require vendors to certify their software is free of the holes attackers commonly use to gain access to government networks.
- Obama: Some ambassador nominees will be political 01/09/09 Currently, about one-third of U.S. ambassadors are political appointees.
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