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Any deal in Congress to avert the fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts must have policies that members of both parties do not like, the head of a business-backed campaign told the Business Journal. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, told Washington bureau chief …

Four newly-elected lawmakers will bring their bureaucratic experience when they join Congress, Matthew Weigelt writes for Federal Computer Week. Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was the former chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program and is known for assembling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Rep.-elect Tammy …

A study from the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance found 85 percent of surveyed federal technology leaders consider cybersecurity a high priority for their agency, AOL Government reports. Of the 203 surveyed information technology leaders, 39 percent listed mobility as a high priority for their agencies, with big data following …

A Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments survey recommends the D.C. area look to economic diversity beyond the government and federal contracting if sequestration cuts occur, WTOP reports. Over the long term, the council believes the region can make up for the potential job and federal spending reductions by promoting biotech …