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One Year After Launch, Cloud Security Initiative Has Its First Taker

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HHS collaborated with Amazon to produce a safety authorization that any agency can reuse to cut procurement expenses.

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Hagel Opts for Commercial Electronic Health Record Software

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The Defense secretary leaves the door open for a VA-developed system.

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DISA Cancels $45 Million Award to Store Exabytes of Drone and Satellite Images

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Competition planned for massive cloud storage contract.

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India’s latest outsourcing business: cyberattacks

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New report confirms many different types and targets for attacks

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250 Million Tablets Will Be Sold in 2013

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The tipping point at which tablets become the planet’s dominant personal computing device is nigh.

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Jon Stewart on the Delayed Defense-VA Health Record Decision

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Don’t miss the Chuck Hagel Advent Calendar.

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VanRoekel to Temporarily Lead OMB Management Team

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The administration's top tech executive will retain his duties as federal CIO.

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If You Want a Job in Tech, Learn to Code

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'I'm probably not going to hire you,' exec tells recent grads, too many of whom lack critical skills.

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Disconcerting Robot Detects Depression

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Augmenting psychiatric diagnosis with data

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The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3-D Printed Food

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NASA-funded grant explores the culinary potential for astronauts on very long space missions.

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CenturyLink, AT Approved to Immunize Key Private Networks Against Classified Threats

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DHS lets the companies sell government-furnished protections against malware spotted by intelligence officials.

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Shared Services Can Be a Money Maker for Some Agencies

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Agencies counteract dwindling IT budgets by offering services to other divisions.

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What About That iEHR Decision?

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Hagel promised a plan within 30 days. That was more than 30 days ago.

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Navy Readies Full Production Buy of Shipboard Network Systems

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Service plans to launch procurement by end of month.

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Mobile Strategies Maturing at One-Year Mark

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Security and budgets remain concerns.

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From Russia with Opacity

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The former Soviet state officially withdraws from the international Open Government Partnership.

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Air Force Casts a Wide Net For Cyber Warfare Tools

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Service wants to make the bidding process more accessible to start-ups.

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As Mobile Explodes in Africa, Nairobi Emerging as a Tech Leader

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Kenyan capital becomes third African city to hostan IBM 'innovation center.'

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Consumer Smartphones OK'd for Military Use Lack Certain ID Protections

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Pentagon disclosed security approvals for Apple iOS and BlackBerry 10 mobile devices.

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A Robot Just Broke the Human Record for Miles Driven in Space

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Another victory for Opportunity, the spunky little rover driving on Mars

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Contractors ask GSA to Freeze Cyber-Related Regulations

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A White House executive order could conflict with pending federal acquisition rules.

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Indians Are Hacking into Pakistani Computers with Promises of Defense Secrets

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According to two anti-virus firms, Pakistani government agencies have been targeted by spear-phishing attacks.

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Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?

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A far-flung team is trying to build the first digital lifeform to work out the basic principles of the brain.

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White House Defends Obamacare on We the People

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The petition response came the same day the House voted to repeal the 2-year-old healthcare law.

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Five Things IT Staff Value More Than Salary

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Or: How the Government Can Attract IT Pros During a Pay Freeze.

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The Potential Problem With Personalized Google Maps? We May Never Know What We're Not Seeing

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Google is promising a million maps for a million people with its redesign. But can it avoid confining us to customized urban bubbles?

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Congress Demands to Know if Google Glass Will Violate Your Privacy

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Letter sent to search giant asks about implications of new technology.

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VA National Cellular Contract Mystery Solved

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Small business partners with major carriers to provide widespread coverage.

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Military Commands Will Tap AirWatch to Manage Mobile Devices

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Global Strike Command will piggyback on a system already installed by Special Operations Command.

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Former Defense Brass Object to ‘More Restrictive’ Nuclear Trade Policies

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A half-dozen former U.S. national security leaders implored Obama to avoid tightening restrictions on foreign nuclear cooperation.

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Smarter Printing Could Cut Costs, Energy Use in Half

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Agencies spend $2 billion a year on printing, only to throw away much of what they print the same day.

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House Could Withhold DHS Funds While Waiting for Chemical Security Report

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Appropriators want to hold back $20 million until Homeland Security produces progress report and spending plan.

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Navy Wants Some Good Anti-Terrorist Computer Games

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The Naval Post-Graduate School plans to buy tech that runs on open source infrastructure.

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How Data Can Aid Farmers' Markets and Education Innovations

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Government information can aid the public but opening it up is just the first step.

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Government's Edge in Attracting Science Pros? Mission

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STEMM panelists say more mobility would help, too.

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U.S. Destroys Fake Ballistic Missle in Test

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The interceptor was fired using second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense technology.

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How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication

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New research suggests that location plays a smaller role now in who we talk to and what we talk about.

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Google Figures Out the Simplest, Most Profound Way to Send Money: Over Email

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Google announced it will gradually allow adult Gmail users to attach money to their emails.

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NASA's Mission to Find Earth-Like Planets Might Be Over

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Two of the wheels that control the direction in which the spacecraft points are broken.

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Here’s a Sign Mass-Market Drones Are About to Take Off: Google Just Invested in Their Future

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The tech company's venture-capital arm believes non-lethal uses for drones are spreading.

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Cloud Computing Could Transform Foreign Aid

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International assistance agency seeks a platform to build and share new technology.

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This Stem-Cell Cloning Breakthrough Is Going to Revive the Same Old Debate

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Researchers in Oregon are creating perfectly matched human tissues through the process of cell cloning.

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Ten Tips to Attract the 'Sheldons' to Your Agency

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Agencies already hold critical tools to recruit and retain highly-skilled workers.

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VA Takes a Brute Force Approach to the Claims Backlog

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The department is requiring some staff to work overtime through September.

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There Are 12.5 Unprotected Versions of the Average American’s Personal Information on the Web

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Safe Shepherd is a company that searches the web for all the public records available on its clients.

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OPM Advertises Vacant CIO Position

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The salary for the Senior Executive Service job ranges from $120,000 to $180,000.

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Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records

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Agents scooped up medical records in a tax case, violating health privacy laws, California suit alleges.

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House Spending Panel Backs Joint Defense-VA Electronic Health Record

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Committee will withhold funds unless both departments sign on to project.

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How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach

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The promise of delinking research and development from the actual manufacture of drugs, and why the pharmaceutical industry rejects an idea that could turn neglected diseases into profit.

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Android Might Own 75% of The Smartphone Market But All the Action is Still on the iPhone

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Phones running iOS use much more data than those with Android. How much exactly?

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