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Video: Think You Have What it Takes To Be a NASA Astronaut?
The right stuff entails a lot.
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DHS creates intel fast lane for select analysts
Report to Congress reveals the department has given some workers special accounts that bypass DHS data access control policies.
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A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day
Thanks to a small group of Silicon Valley’s satellite startups, we may never look at our planet again the same way.
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The Government Is Secretly Huddling With Companies to Fight Extremism Online
A coalition of civil rights groups wants to be included in the meetings to keep the feds in check.
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What’s happening in agile
Steve Kelman checks in with a CIO who champions "continuous delivery" about what it means for government software development.
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5 Charts that Show Where the Federal IT Budget is Headed Next Year
Of the 25 largest civilian agencies, 19 are due for an increase when it comes to IT spending.
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The Most Anticipated IT Contracts in 2016
"This is the biggest year for federal IT contract vehicles in a decade," according to one analyst.
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IRS security tool goes down over security concerns
The IP PIN program was taken down, possibly over concerns similar to those that gutted the "Get Transcript" app last year.
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Postal Service Looking for New Predictive Analytics Platform
The agency wants to become a “data-driven” organization.
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Remembering Raymond Tomlinson, the Father of Email
The computer engineer who sent the first piece of electronic mail died Saturday. He was 74.
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Is Digital Privacy Becoming a Partisan Issue?
It’s historically brought together Democrats and Republicans—but the Apple-FBI fight is starting to align along party lines.
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Is ‘Technically Acceptable’ Good Enough for Pentagon’s New $17.5B IT Contract?
DISA’s decision to evaluate proposed services using LPTA definitely has raised some eyebrows.
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How agile principles are driving digital development
USAID is adapting its international development efforts to rapid advances in technology, bandwidth and access.
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Obama administration rallies new open data push
The Obama administration opens another front in its long-standing bid to push open data as fuel for private sector innovation.
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Tech Giants Who Keep Ignoring Geopolitics Do So at Their Peril
High-flying technology companies are being brought down to earth.
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Check Out the Military’s Experimental Helicopter Plane
The Pentagon has picked a design for its next experimental aircraft.
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Video: This Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed Man Walk
The Phoenix exoskeleton is lightweight and easy to put on without assistance.
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The Army Just Scrapped a $4B Tech Contract
Cites “changes in the government’s requirements.”
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32 Tech Giants Are Backing Apple in its Fight Against the FBI
If Apple obeys the FBI’s order, it would set a dangerous precedent for the future, briefs claim.
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