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Federal News Digest — July 3, 2012 4 Jul 2012 | 12:50 am
Washington Post Friday’s storm raises questions about safety of cloud computing [General Services Administration, cloud computing] – Craig Timberg reports that there are concerns about the government...
Federal News Digest — July 2, 2012 3 Jul 2012 | 03:41 am
Washington Post Colorado’s table was set for monster fire [Agriculture Dept., Forest Service, climate change] – Darryl Fears reports that the U.S. Forest Service chief says the record-breaking forest...
Federal News Digest — June 29, 2012 29 Jun 2012 | 11:25 pm
Washington Post Roberts’ health-care decision stuns many but is in line with his outlook [Supreme Court, Affordable Care Act] – Dan Eggan examines how much Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ v...
Federal News Digest — June 28, 2012 29 Jun 2012 | 02:07 am
Washington Post Supreme Court upholds Obama’s health-care law [Obamacare, Supreme Court, health] As Robert Barnes, N.C. Aizenman and William Branigin report, the court ruled that, under Congress’s ta...
Federal News Digest — June 26, 2012 27 Jun 2012 | 02:02 am
Washington Post New measures approved to stem intelligence leaks [Justice Dept., CIA, White House Office of National Intelligence] – Walter Pincus reports on steps taken by National Intelligence Dire...
Federal News Digest — June 25, 2012 25 Jun 2012 | 11:36 pm
Washington Post Lawmakers reworked financial portfolios after talks with Fed, Treasury officials [Treasury Dept., Federal Reserve, Congress, insider trading, Stock Act] – Kimberly Kindy, Scott Higham...
Federal News Digest — June 22, 2012 23 Jun 2012 | 05:06 am
Washington Post White House, republicans dig in for battle over Holder investigation [Attorney General Eric Holder] – David Nakamura and Ed O’Keefe assess the political risks to the White House and t...
Federal News Digest — June 21, 2012 22 Jun 2012 | 12:23 am
Washington Post Fast and Furious scandal: House panel recommends contempt vote on Eric Holder [Attorney General Holder, Fast and Furious, contempt of Congress] – Sari Horwitz and Ed O’Keefe report th...
Federal News Digest — June 20, 2012 21 Jun 2012 | 02:22 am
Washington Post Fast and Furious scandal: Obama invokes executive privilege; House panel moves forward with Holder contempt vote [President Obama, DOJ, "Fast and Furious," executive privilege] — Ed O...
Federal News Digest — June 19, 2012 20 Jun 2012 | 12:25 am
Washington Post CFPB launches complaint database [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] – Ylan Q. Mui reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will begin publishing consumer complaints a...
