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Video: 5 Tips and Tricks for OS X El Capitan
A new operating system means all new shortcuts.
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Should VA Scrap VistA? CIO Evaluates Future of Home-Grown Health Records System
The assessment comes amid ongoing concerns about the multiple, failed attempts to develop interoperable electronic health records between VA and DOD.
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Congress to Review FITARA Scorecards Next Week
The hearing, on implementation of the 2014 Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, is tentatively slated for Nov. 2.
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IBM’s Plans for the Weather Channel? Put Supercomputer Watson to Work
IBM will be able to bring the full force of big data to predicting the weather.
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The New Northrop Grumman-Built Bomber Will Be Air Force’s Most Futuristic Plane
After years of internal Pentagon fighting to keep the project alive, the air service reveals a builder, but little else.
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Cyber complacency, the Pentagon-COTS conundrum, an SES survey and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Census Bureau on the Hunt for New CIO
The agency posted an opening for an associate director for information technology and CIO to oversee the agency's IT portfolio.
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Video: Windows 10 Tricks You Probably Didn't Know About
How to make the most out of your computing experience.
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Agricultural data is a new cash crop, but who reaps the harvest?
Farmers and businesses need to hash out property rights and privacy issues as big data pervades American agriculture -- especially if they want to avoid regulation by Congress.
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DOD's head of Silicon Valley outreach sees post-Sony opening
Last year's hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment put private industry in a mood to do business with the Pentagon, says the head of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit Experimental.
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IC plans Intelligence.gov as part of transparency effort
U.S. spy agencies are trying to come in from the cold, on a limited basis, under the banner of open government.
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White House touts new open government goals for 2016
The White House unveiled the latest version of its open government plan, promising more user-friendliness, preemptive disclosure of government information, enhanced online services for Freedom of Information Act requests and more.
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Navy Plans To Deploy A Submarine Drone Squadron By 2020
The highly autonomous underwater vehicles could be sent to scout ahead of attack submarines, or to guard valuable undersea targets.
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Nontechnical problems doomed joint VA/DOD health record, top official says
Chris Miller, the Pentagon's point man on electronic health records, offers some real talk on why interoperability between DOD and Veterans Affairs is proving so difficult.
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GSA’s Customer Experience Credo: Be a Good Listener
Being open to customer feedback has helped the agency better its products.
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US Fears Underwater Internet Cables Could Be Next Target in Tech Warfare
The US government is concerned the Russian military could attempt to sabotage these cables in a time of conflict.
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Pentagon and VA ‘Still Years Away’ from Fully Interoperable Electronic Health Records
The Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs are on track to to blow past a congressionally mandated end-of-2016-deadline to fully deploy modernized EHR software.
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Hacking the Capitol: All the Ways Tech Can Help Congress Work Smarter
The second Congressional Hackathon, held Friday at the Capitol, produced some big, creative ideas and even some prototypes.
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Coding Bootcamp Grads Boost Salaries by 40 Percent on Average
There's also evidence these "bootcamps" are helping diversify the industry.
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