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GEICO's Good Stuff

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Title Published Date Author
Data Scientists Gather for Government Performance Summit #GPS13 13 June 2013 GEICO
Comprehensive Federal Program Inventory Launched on Performance.Gov 06 June 2013 FEDagent
HHS uses new Contracting Model to Develop Biodefense Drugs 30 May 2013 GEICO
Navy Prepares to Purchase Ship Network Systems 23 May 2013 GEICO
DHS Hoping to Acquire iPhones and Tablets to ID Bomber Fingerprints 16 May 2013 GEICO
Agriculture Department may create National Database of Nutrition Assistance Information 09 May 2013 GEICO
NASA is Launching Cell Phones into Space 03 May 2013 GEICO
DHS Starts Honors Program for Community College Students, Veterans 25 April 2013 GEICO
Hackers: The White House Wants Your Help 11 April 2013 GEICO
State Department Launches Mobile App Designed to Attract Prospective Foreign Service Officers 04 April 2013 GEICO
GEICO Sponsors Inaugural Public Service 5K in Washington DC, Federal Employee Appreciation Days at MLB Parks 28 March 2013 GEICO
Government's Worldwide Media Service Unveils "Global News Dashboard" 21 March 2013 GEICO
Head of Denver FBI Office to Head Up Elite Bureau Unit in Virginia 15 March 2013 GEICO
Two Months Until Public Service Recognition Week 2013 - Update on GEICO's Plans for Celebrating Public Service 08 March 2013 GEICO
NASA, ISS Astronauts Participate in First Extraterrestrial Google+ Hangout 01 March 2013 GEICO
Virtual Fences Could Transform Rural America 21 February 2013 GEICO
White House gets High-Tech for State of the Union Address and Town Hall Discussion 14 February 2013 GEICO
FBI and DHS Partner to Catch Border Trespassers with Iris Recognition Technology 06 February 2013 GEICO
Agency Working on Technology to Better Trace Atomic Bomb Origins 31 January 2013 GEICO
Wanted: Bionic Ears for Secret Service 24 January 2013 GEICO

Takedowns

Former Congressman Richard Renzi Convicted of Extortion and Bribery in Illegal Federal Land Swap

On Tuesday this week a federal jury in Tucson, Arizona found former Congressman Richard Renzi (R-AZ) and a real-estate investor, James Sandlin, guilty of conspiring to extort and bribe individuals seeking a federal land exchange.

Renzi, 55, was found guilty of 17 felony offenses including conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, extortion under color of official right, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators. Sandlin, 62, was found guilty of 13 felony offenses including conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, extortion under color of official right and money laundering.

The convictions were announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John Leonardo of the District of Arizona.

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GEICO's Good Stuff

Data Scientists Gather for Government Performance Summit #GPS13

GEICO’s Good Stuff is a column series highlighting great stuff happening in the federal community.

This week, the Performance Institute convened their 13th annual Government Performance Summit just outside Washington, DC in Crystal City, Virginia. This year’s summit is entitled “Science of Data: Unlocking Information for Improved Insight.”

Speakers and break-out sessions focused on the increased access and availability of government data, which presents agencies with the capability to use verifiable information to set, monitor, and track progress towards reaching their strategic goals.

Jon Desenberg, a senior director at the Performance Institute, said the Government Performance Summit (GPS) is “a groundbreaking opportunity to learn from government managers on how to improve the way government works.”

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Case Law Update

Supreme Court Holds That Obtaining DNA Samples From Arrestees Suspected of Committing Violent Crimes Is Constitutional

In 2009, Alonzo King brandished a shotgun at several people.  He was arrested and, pursuant to Maryland law, at his booking a DNA sample was taken from him.  This DNA sample was eventually run through a database of DNA obtained in relation to unsolved crimes.  The results implicated Mr. King in a previously unsolved rape which was committed in 2003.  Based on the DNA evidence, Mr. King was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment, although he challenged the government’s gathering of his DNA as an unlawful suspicionless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.  After several appeals, and in an unusually split 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Maryland’s law allowing law enforcement officers to obtain a DNA sample from suspected violent felons at booking was constitutional. 

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