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Rights groups oppose proposed biometric Social Security cards
Employers would be able to swipe the card through a machine to confirm someone's identity and immigration status.
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Air Force Worried About Gut Illness
This FedBizOps <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b3aef8f19fd2bd69b67e5d01c43cd0f3&tab=core&_cview=0>notice</a> on what it calls "Gut Illness" may not have much to do with technology, but it's so loopy I had to write about it.
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Majority OK with airport full-body scan, report says
In a recent Unisys survey, 65 percent of air travelers found full electronic body scans to be acceptable.
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Higher Pay for Cyber Pros
There's going to be sizeable growth in resources and investment in one of the technology sector's hottest job fields: cybersecurity. The latest edition of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9Mzc2MzQwfENoaWxkSUQ9Mzc0OTEyfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">Dice Report</a> notes that professionals with "cyber" on their resume can command a 20 percent salary premium, particularly as the public and private sectors are looking to beef up their security talent pipelines.
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GSA eyes free, Web-based platform for agency contests, prizes
The General Services Administration is looking for information on Web-based platforms that agencies could use for free to issue challenges and award prizes to drive transparency and innovation.
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What's Your Web 2.0 Story?
<em>The Washington Post</em>'s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/AR2010041202122.html">Federal Player column</a> on Monday highlighted the work of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Karen Turner in developing a global competition designed to spur innovative ideas for using mobile technology to solve problems in developing nations. What I found most interesting is that Turner, 53, has not only used the contest to improve the work and mission of USAID, but also to prove the value of Web 2.0 technology to many of her peers who are less tech-savvy than the agency's younger employees.
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For agencies, cloud's future lies between hype and reality
The technology is there and security is rapidly improving, but agencies now must decide if they're ready for the dramatic changes cloud computing can bring.
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Health Care Data Gets Personal
The California HealthCare Foundation yesterday released results of what it is calling a <a href="http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemid=134205">"ground-breaking study"</a> of personal health records. Interestingly, the foundation emphasized findings that tend to fall in the "duh" category.
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Cybersecurity roundup: Training, stalling, deterring, outlook
Blogger Brian Robinson provides a quick tour of the latest developments in cybersecurity, including the idea of incorporating cyberware into basic training.
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Acceptance of controversial body scanners is high, survey says
Travelers willing to sacrifice personal privacy for improved airline security.
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Senate set to consider NSA chief as head of Cyber Command
Lawmakers have held up Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander's nomination because of concerns about the militarization of cyberspace, the command's relationship with the National Security Agency and the use of the Internet.
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