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The Earlybird: Headlines and Blog Posts
The Earlybird provides links to world, national and federal news headlines from a wide variety of sources. It also includes the latest posts from a range of federal-oriented blogs. The Earlybird is is automatically updated throughout the day, so check back often for the latest news.
TODAY'S TOP NEWS
New York Times
- Miami Beach Comedian's Serious (Mostly) Candidacy
- FiveThirtyEight: Reads & Reactions
- Most Presidential Candidates Are Not the 99 Percent
- For Cain, Reverse Is a Prominent Gear
- The Caucus: The Weekend Word: Second Look
Washington Times
- Police raid Bosnia homes after U.S. embassy attack
- Autumn snow, cold temperatures hit D.C. region
- Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize: Conservative humorists need not apply
- 'Awful' Canucks hope to cure Stanley Cup hangover
- P.G. teen who murdered after warrant foul-up gets 40-year sentence
CNN
- Ex-Brazil president to undergo chemo
- NATO: 13 killed in Kabul suicide bomb attack
- Islamic Jihad: Israel hits training camp
- Demonstrators battle wind, cold
- Rebel attack in South Sudan kills 39
GOVEXEC NEWS
GovExec.com Headlines
- White House orders independent review of Energy-loan program
- Navy considers price critical in Next-Generation Network contract
- OMB reorganizes monitoring of financial assistance grants
- Justice watchdog issues corrected report on muffin scandal
- Administration unveils two new tools to spur job creation
Nextgov Headlines
- DHS drones to monitor nearly entire northern border
- Navy considers price critical in Next-Generation Network contract
- Members of Congress join the rush to social media
- Agencies outline technology-based customer service initiatives
- Tech groups offer wish list to super committee
OTHER FEDERAL NEWS
Washington Post Fed Page
- Cicely Wolters: An unabashed advocate for the Peace Corps
- Geithner to decide on regulation of foreign-exchange swaps
- FED FACES: Wendy Davis
- Report criticizes defense agency's auditing
- 'Don't ask, don't tell' protesters to appear in court
Federal Computer Week
- USAJobs on brink of becoming a political issue
- Story of $16 muffin, true or not, makes a splash
- 7 questions IT hiring managers should ask
- Who's hiring IT pros?
- Pentagon official under investigation resigns
BLOGS
Fedblog
- Gingrich, Dust and the Typical EPA Employee
- Never Mind the Missing $6 Billion
- At TSA, 'Get Your Freak On,' Get Punished
- Hardly a Cubicle
- A New Low for Trust Numbers
Tech Insider
- Taking Responsibility for IT Duplication
- First Lady, First Tweet
- GAO Strikes Down Part of Cloud Email RFQ
- BlackBerrys Are Back -- For Now
- My Experience Tweeting @ the White House
Defense IT: What's Brewin'
- iPads for NGEN?
- Google Finally Blocks GPS Jammer Ads
- VA iPad Theft
- Speechless Canadian F-35s
- DISA Eyes Follow-On to $4.8B Network Contract
Federal Eye (Washington Post)
- TSA to fire ‘Get your freak on girl’ screener
- Eye discusses USAJobs with Greta Van Susteren
- The Statue of Liberty turns 125
- Flags for federal workers bill revived
- Janet Napolitano: Hackers have ‘come close’ to major cyberattack
Washington Wire (Wall Street Journal)
- Herman Cain Plans Capitol Hill Meet-and-Greet
- Cantor Addresses Northwestern Students as Protesters Gather
- Romney Remarks on Global Warming Trigger New Claims of Flip-Flopping
- Elizabeth Warren's Main Democratic Primary Rival Drops Out of Mass. Senate Race
- Even RNC Chairman Priebus Grows Weary as GOP Debates Continue
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