TechAmerica tells President Obama his promise to appoint a cyber-security coordinator in the White House is growing more urgent by the day. Obama promised to appoint a cyber-security coordinator more than five months ago.
– The tech industry is
growing impatient over President Obama’s failure so
far to appoint a cyber-security coordinator in the White House. It has been
more than five months since Obama
held a much ballyhooed media event on the importance of cyber-security
and pledging to appoint a cyber-security …
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Tech Prods Obama over Cyber Czar
Lawmakers Pressure White House over Cyber-czar
Three months after President Obama promised in May to appoint a cyber-security czar, the co-chairs of the U.S. House Cybersecurity Caucus urge the White House to step up its efforts.
– Congress is beginning to grumble over President Obama’s failure to appoint a
cyber-security czar months after Obama promised he would do so. Obama issued
his Cyberspace Policy Review on May 29 to great fanfare and pledged to name a
cyber-czar, which he called a coordinator, to oversee the plan.
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Pay Czar To Begin Reviewing Pay At 7 Bailed-Out Firms
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The federal government is not going to pull back on its efforts to curtail marijuana farming operations, Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, said Wednesday in Fresno.
Michael Wolff: What Happened to Steve Rattner?
It is, so far, the strange case of Steven Rattner and his abrupt and unexplained exit from Washington and the Obama administration–but insiders assume that…
AIG In Talks With U.S. Over Another $250 Million In Bonuses
American International Group’s recent discussions with President Obama’s compensation czar have centered on whether the company should pay about $250 million in promised bonuses that come due during the next nine months.



