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Inspectors General
Lawmakers to Obama: Appoint watchdogs now
Lucy Madison , CBS News
Government Secrecy
Government Insists on Right to Censor Book
Transforming Classification, or Not
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Campaign Finance
President considers trade association donation disclosure for contractors
Fredreka Schouten, Federal Times
Revolving Door
Obama's New SEC Chief: In Through the Revolving Door
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Federal Advisory Committees
Where Have All The FDA Panelists Gone?
Ed Silverman, Pharmalot
Open Government
Could Pass-The-Hat Kill Open Government?
Joseph Marks, Nextgov
Defense
F-35 update for Senate panel likely to be upbeat
Bob Cox, Star-Telegram
Army says avoiding costly weapons system cancellations is a priority
John T. Bennett, The Hill
Nuclear Weapons Complex
Life span of U.S. nuclear weapons will increase under plan
Walter Pincus, The Washington Post
Contracting
Wartime Contracting: Contingency or Continuing?
Matthew Leatherman and Mariah Quinn, The Will and the Wallet
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