America went to the polls one week ago today and while experts initially predicted a deadlocked race, a clear winner emerged by the early morning hours. President-elect Donald Trump declared victory at 2:24 a.m. ET on Nov. 7 buoyed by news outlets like NewsNation and Fox News calling the race in his favor. Other outlets...

[This Day] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted property taxes as a crucial but underutilised revenue source for Nigeria and other low-income countries aiming to achieve sustainable growth.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says local companies recently struggled to snap up US$25 million floated on the market in a development indicating limited ZWG availability in the market.

[This Day] The stock market segment of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) kicked off the new week on a negative note, dropping by N448.41 billion over investors' profit-taking in BUA Cement Plc and 27 others listed companies.

[This Day] Lagos Fashion Week, in collaboration with the U.S. government initiative Prosper Africa and Style House Files, hosted the "Bridging Markets" panel discussion for leading fashion and trade experts aimed at strengthening access for African fashion designers to the U.S. market. The panel discussion took place as part of Lagos Fashion Week, highlighting the immense potential of African fashion on the global stage.

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[SAnews.gov.za] South African companies that have been assisted to participate in the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) have expressed optimism for what is to come out of the gathering.

[Leadership] The director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Emomotimi Agama and an Octogenarian, Senator Felix Bajomo were among the 80 Stockbrokers invested as Fellows by Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).

“Dancing With the Stars” hit a new milestone on Nov. 12, and revealed who was heading to the semifinals for Season 33. The 500th episode opened with pros — including returning favorite Sharna Burgess — for the opening number, “Crazy in Love,” the same opening number from the 2005 series premiere. Many past competitors returned […]

In the light of current world events, defiance will be in sharp relief at the 48th Göteborg Film Festival, which runs Jan. 26 – Feb. 4, 2025 Under the banner “Focus: Disobedience,” the festival will highlight themes of civil resistance and pose such questions as: “When does rebellion become a moral obligation? When can it […]

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Folks, it's been quite the ride. A final thought before everyone hands tonight's top award to "Argo" -- the Academy gave "Life of Pi" 11 nominations without any for acting. That's some broad support. Not that I had the guts to turn away from the "Argo" freight train in my...

The Oscars are done with, and much has been written about the ceremony broadcast already, so forgive me my three cents. But since I spent enough time expressing my fears about Sunday in the days and weeks leading up to the show, I figured I might as well complete the...

Now that "Argo" has won best picture, we know who's No. 1 this awards season. But what about the rest? With the confetti having fallen Sunday on this year's Oscars, here’s a final 2012-13 awards-season film top 40. To be clear, this isn’t an artistic ranking of the films, but...

Kaley Cuoco, star of "The Big Bang Theory," is developing a pretty lucrative side biz hosting awards shows. She's hosted the past two People's Choice Awards, a Teen Choice Awards, and it has just been announced that she will host the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame...

By now, hopefully, you've heard about all the exciting changes at Variety, not the least of which is our revamped website, which has begun operation and officially launches Friday. Under the new format, content that used to appear on the Variety blogs is all landing in one central location on...

How are agencies driving progress in HR modernization?

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GIS provides an invaluable platform relevant to almost every aspect of modern life.

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Do you know your true cloud costs?

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Public and private sector experts say programs like StateRAMP make their data and networks safer as cyber threats become more serious and resources sparse.

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Learn how critical infrastructure providers can enhance their cybersecurity preparedness and resilience.

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Learn how continuous monitoring and cloud security advancements are transforming cybersecurity strategies across federal agencies.

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Mark Johnson, vice president of Federal Cloud at Oracle, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges federal information technology folks have in transitioning to the cloud.

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Bill Wright is the senior director of North American Government Affairs at Splunk, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal technology leaders need to ingest, monitor, analyze and search their agency's data.

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Gil Vega,  chief information security officer for Veeam, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to explain why federal IT officials should update their data security strategies.

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Bob Stevens of GitLab joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the entire process of the software development life cycle and provide guidelines on ways to incorporate testing in all aspects of project completion.

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Tim Odom, director of Business Technology Solutions Development at Vidoori, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk, to explain how high-performance testing can help federal leaders complete major tasks on time and under budget.

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Vimesh Patel, chief technology advisor for WWT, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges of software modernization for the  federal government.

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Joe Balchune, vice president and general manager of Federal Markets at Motorola, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to explain how his company provides mission critical communications for many federal agencies. 

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Willie Hicks, federal CTO at Dynatrace, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss a new survey that asked three hundred federal information technology professionals about the challenges their agencies face in moving to the cloud.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® and cohost Ray Kirk, Ph.D., welcome Phil Gardner, Federal Benefits Specialist.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® and co-host Karen Schaeffer, CFP®, welcome Kay Bransford, Daily Money Manager, Professional Financial Advocate & Fiduciary, MemoryBanc.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA® welcomes Karen Schaeffer, CFP®, and Kaitlin Schaeffer Yardley, CFP®.

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Host Bob Leins, CPA®, welcomes Bob Braunstein, Federal Benefits Specialist. 

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Tom Temin, current managing editor and anchor is retiring in April 2025 after 17 years of leading the program and more than 45 years in journalism.

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"If they actually have an ownership stake in the enterprise when you're going into work, it's your business, not the boss's business," James Hasik said.

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The Army will keep most software development efforts in ongoing development mode and not transition them to sustainment as part of its modernization efforts.

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By achieving a clean financial audit for the first time ever, the Marine Corps can provide accountability, transparency and validity for their spending.

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The Army I Corps used the recent Yama Sakura 85 exercise to further prove out how to create a single, secure network to share information with allied partners.

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"One of the problems is the Defense Department doesn't use the software and data that all first-class enterprises in the world use," Jeb Nadaner said.

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"Now that we're in a new fiscal year 2025, we have again the dilemma of figuring out what our defense budget should be," Michael O'Hanlon said.

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"We made two recommendations to the IRS to improve its oversight over conflicts of interest," Kris Nguyen said.

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Dementia is sad and hard on families. We don't know Joe Biden's condition, but if he is in decline there should be no delight in seeing the uncontrollable.

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The TSP board and its contractor have fixed the bulk of the problems. A few remain. Auditors find the big issue was the board's inexperience in acquisition.

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As the old saying goes, if you talk about what you've earned the right to talk about, you'll do just fine. Even the most experienced talkers get the jitters.

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The government is big, and not every employee is a model citizen. So corruption sometimes occurs. Fundamentally, though, the government remains honest.

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The coarse language that's settled into the presidential election rhetoric is lamentable. But regular people don't have to normalize it in our own interactions.

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We meet an influential advocate of environment-friendly entrepreneurship -- and of the power of the reusable bag.

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It’s the head, as we are graced with the presence of the organizer of D.C.’s famous Snalleygaster beer fest.

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While many people love champagne and caviar, today we are indulging in bourbon and oysters.

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