For nearly two years, agencies have worked to demonstrate they have made improvements in how they protect Americans' data. The Veteran Affairs Department (VA) now requires its employees to complete information security awareness training, and it developed a more centralized departmentwide IT security program, according to the VA Office of the Inspector General. But that's not enough for Virginia Rep Tom Davis, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He introduced a bill last year that would require agencies to give timely notice to individuals whose personal information might have been jeopardized by a theft or a hacker who infiltrated a system. Tim Sparapani, senior legislative counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, has a five-point plan when facing...
Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray helped [Larry Craig] get the legislation passed. The rest of the Northwest's delegation - three Democrats and three Republicans - let it happen. "The states of Oregon and Washington should have come to the aid of the Fish Passage Center but they didn't, even though they're Democrats," says Bert Bowler, a fisheries biologist who used to work for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and is now with the nonprofit Idaho Rivers United. For now, salmon advocates' hopes lie with Judge [James Redden], who has given federal dam operators and fish managers until May to come up with a new plan for operating the federal hydropower system so it doesn't drive the Columbia's salmon into extinction. The Portland judge ruled last May that the Bush administrati...
SEATTLE - The foreclosure man, Richard Nakamura, is on a tight schedule these days. Business is booming, even in the relatively prosperous Greater Seattle area. It's never-ending, the list of homes, condos and even entire apartment complexes that Nakamura visits in his Toyota pickup. He's got a Wi-Fi-ready laptop on the passenger seat, a printer on the back seat, a GPS device to guide him.
INDIANAPOLIS - Our Secretary of Hack, Charlie White, emerged "triumphantly" from an Indiana Recount Commission this past week which voted 3-0 to let him keep his job - at least for now. And Charlie told us, with a straight face, that his "credibility" was "intact." I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Charlie, but even if you survive your seven felony charges for fraud in a court of law this August, "credibility" is the last word I would use for you.
Unlike a politician, an actor or some other public figure, you probably don't have a clear picture of what your reputation is or how your staff perceives you. The reality is people don't tell leaders the whole truth. Sometimes they fear being the bearer of bad news -- and getting shot, figuratively speaking. Leaders who have no clue what others are saying about them behind their backs have no opportunity to correct the falsehoods (if incorrect) or change their negative behavior (if correct). When it comes to leading others, reputation is critical. Your reputation is the filter through which people hear your words, interpret your actions, and respond to your requests. Keep in mind that your actions will always be distorted by the conventional wisdom about you. If you are perceived as a d...
Being the bearer of bad news is never easy. It's probably even tougher when you've got to break it to Gov. Joe Manchin. The task of briefing the state's top executive about West Virginia's frequently bleak financial outlook often falls to the duo of Mark Muchow, deputy revenue secretary, and Mike McKown, the state budget director.
The late Norman Vincent Peale said, "When God wants to send you a gift, he wraps it up in a problem. The bigger the gift that God wants to send you, the bigger the problem he wraps it up in. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but let me tell you straight. We will all experience adversity. It often comes in the form of disappointment, heartache, change, loss and even challenging circumstances. When adversity comes, and it will, we have a choice to make. We can either let it destroy us, or focus on the opportunity hidden beneath. If we understand and apply the right tools, we will be able to convert challenges into opportunities for blessings.
DENVER – I dislike being the bearer of bad news; I really do. I carefully avoided a woman I dated before becoming engaged to another. Even then, I didn't spill the story to her; someone else had to. Cowardly, I know.
Shooting the messenger is a metaphor most Americans are familiar with, and it describes the act of lashing out at the blameless bearer of bad news. Washington Democrats, led by Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, are gearing up to shoot any messenger who dares speaks ill of Obamacare - and the first target is American business. Washington Democrats want the nation's employers to stop alerting their workers, customers, shareholders and the public at large to the financial impact of President Obama's new health care law - AT&T ($1 billion), Deere & Co. ($150 million), Caterpillar ($100 million), 3M ($90 million), AK Steel ($31 million) or Valero Energy (up to $20 million) - because the truth is politically inconvenient to Democratic incumbent...
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