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If you have difficulty viewing this newsletter, click here to view as a Web page. Click here to view in plain text. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 News from the Fed Page Plunged into bureaucratic Dark Ages Lisa Rein To avert a crisis, a Commerce Dept. bureau unplugs its operating system. E-mail? Gone. Attachments, scans, Google searches? For now, no such thing. More Federal Headlines Rating the nuclear weapons labs Obama, Snooki and Biden: Poets at heart More details emerge on GSA employee 'Hats Off' awards store High-level GSA official put on leave The Federal Eye Federal employees work remotely in various ways Congressional hearings on GSA scandal top next week's agenda GSA places top deputy on leave Federal Diary Federal agencies will pay the price for GSA scandal Joe Davidson The scandal about the General Services Administration's extravagant conference has become a political football, and federal employees are the ones getting tackled. Federal question of the week Are government conferences being portrayed unfairly? Do you see ways to trim conference expenses in your agency? On Leadership Lessons from the GSA scandal Tom Fox You work in a fishbowl. Be mindful that you are accountable to the American taxpayer and that somebody is likely watching. Federal Player of the Week Modernizing the Secret Service's information technology systems The Partnership for Public Service Julia Pierson is making sure that the technology systems used to gather and evaluate critical information, coordinate special agent assignments and prepare for presidential events and travel are modernized so that the agency can do its best work. The voting database Browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. Explore the database House votes Senate votes Get The Washington Post, your way. Want to stay on top of the latest news, features, commentary and more? Here's how: Mobile: Alerts: Social Media: Applications Web site E-mail SMS RSS Feeds Facebook Twitter SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-NEWSLETTER CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2012 The Washington Post Privacy Policy