Daily News Roundup for Monday, March 12, 2012

Today, PSC's SmartContracting Blog launches a new feature to bring you the news you need to know by posting links to news articles on topics of interest to our industry. 

Here are the links to today’s top stories: 

New York Times: Security Fears Lead Groups to Rethink Work in Afghanistan 

By: Matthew Rosenberg and Graham Bowley, New York Times Staff

CQ: ‘Sequester’ Divides Budget Writers (log-in required)

By: Paul M. Krawzak and Kerry Young, CQ Staff

Washington Post/Bloomberg: New suppliers to U.S. government fall 14 percent

By: Danielle Ivory, Bloomberg News Staff

Washington Post/Capital Business: Kundra heads to private sector to focus on ‘what happens next’

By Marjorie Censer, Washington Post Staff

White House Blog: Todd Park Named New U.S. Chief Technology Officer

By: John P. Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy