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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has cleared Microsoft’s public cloud platform for operation in federal agencies. Windows Azure is the first platform with infrastructure and platform services to receive approval from the federal government for use.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sent a message to Defense Department personnel Monday morning, urging resilience in the face of a government shutdown.
Hagel, who is currently in South Korea commemorating the 60th anniversary of a mutual defense treaty between the Republic of Korea and the U.S.
On October 1, millions of Americans will have a simple new way to get affordable health coverage: the Health Insurance Marketplace.
With one application, you'll be able to compare all your coverage options side-by-side, learn if you can get lower costs based on your income, and enroll in a plan that fits your needs and your budget.
In fact, the new application is so simple, it's 17 pages shorter than the current application you'd fill out to enroll in coverage in the individual market.
Visit HealthCare.gov now and learn how to sign up starting on October 1.
California native Justin LoFranco is the mind behind the digital strategy for the House Oversight Committee and Rep. Darrell Issa.
Justin LoFranco has a captive audience. Halfway through his presentation, he seamlessly starts undressing.
Ben Balter, government evangelist at GitHub.
Ben Balter, a government evangelist at GitHub, is a former presidential innovation fellow and a FedScoop contributor.
Looking back on serving in the inaugural class of the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, almost one year to the day we started, it’s clear now that going in, many rightfully assumed the challenges we’d face would be largely technical challenges.
In a world of increasing cyber-attacks, the Government Accountability Office found federal agencies still come up short in securing their information, and security-related incidents around federal information systems increased by 782 percent over the past six years.
In this week’s address, President Obama says that on October 1st, a big part of the Affordable Care Act will go live and give uninsured Americans the chance to buy the same quality, affordable health care as everyone else. It is also the day when some Republicans in Congress might shut down the government just because they don’t like the law. The President urged Congress to both pass a budget by Monday and raise the nation’s debt ceiling so that we can keep growing the economy. He also said that those without health insurance and those who buy it on the individual market should visit HealthCare.gov to find out how to get covered on Tuesday.
Talking Healthcare: While in New York on Tuesday, President Obama joined former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to discuss health care reform in America. “What we’re saying to people is, look, just go to the website yourself,” the President said. “Go to healthcare.gov; take a look at whether this is a good deal or not and make your own decision about whether this is good for you.
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