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Can tech streamline the 2020 Census and save $5B?
The Census Bureau announced plans to fold in new technology and third party data into its 2020 population count, but questions remain about the viability of the Bureau's enterprise IT.
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Researchers Are Developing a Test to Detect All Known Viruses in Your Body, Even at Low Levels
To develop the test, a research team indexed the unique DNA or RNA sequences of every known virus to affect not only humans but animals, too—some 2 million in all.
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What It’s Like to Interview at Tesla
It's a multistage process aimed at finding out how passionate you are about the company.
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The Government Is Testing Military-Grade Technology to Keep Drones Away From Airports
With the agency’s final rule for commercial drones still more than half a year out, FAA is responding to an increasing number of “close calls” between airliners and drones.
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CIA Social Media Team: We Use Twitter to 'Explain Our Mission'
The small team is more interested in using the platform to push out historical tidbits than having conversations with individual users.
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This Is How Much You Can Expect to Make Right After You Learn to Code
One thing to keep in mind is that this survey isn’t representative of the broader workforce—though it does resemble the technical departments of companies like Google.
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Tech honorees get share of the 'Sammies' spotlight
Edward C. Hugler and Ron Ross are among the feds honored with 2015 Service to America medals from the Partnership for Public Service.
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Cobert: Customer-facing services require finesse
OPM's bid to notify feds whose info was compromised is an early test of the administration's renewed focus on customer service.
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Senators Aim to Revamp Federal Rules for Electronic Medical Charts
The measure aims to fix the system’s problems—but also make them more transparent.
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GSA’s Gwynne Kostin to Take 1-year Presidential Transition Detail
Kostin's new work will focus on "developing new programming to help an incoming administration get up and running on Ready to Govern."
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Talking Helmets and Base-Building Robots: The Army's 3-D Printing Future
A researcher at the service’s Weapons and Materials Directorate lays out a vision for additive printers on the battlefield.
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Lots of data, lots of fears
A new survey shows many federal leaders are worried they don't have what it takes to effectively tackle big data projects.
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DARPA Working on Tech That Could Help Bodies Heal Themselves
The project aims to figure out how to monitor and treat the human body with its own nervous system.
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NSA Spying Violates Privacy Rights, EU Court Rules
By throwing out a key international agreement, the ruling delivers a blow to global tech companies.
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Senators look to promote health data sharing with new bill
A new bill takes aim at interoperability, usability and security for electronic health records.
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Ultra-Fast Memory Chip That Uses Light to Store Information Could be a Game Changer
This big computing innovation relies on a throwback to the 1990's.
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EPA Wants to Tap the Crowd for Research Help
This builds on OSTP's “Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit," released last week.
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Paul Wester exits NARA, NNSA ups spending on cloud and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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