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Can NOAA pay industry to fill its weather data gap?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must balance its treaty obligations to provide weather data freely to the world against the private-sector innovation that weather data property rights could unleash.
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NTIS tries to refocus on data
The new plan is for the National Technical Information Service to become a hub for open data, but some in Congress would still like to shut the agency down.
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Q&A: The Case for Crowdsourcing War Games
Washington-based consulting firm WikiStrat is polling its a network of 2,000 experts for war game simulations.
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How Much Damage Can OPM Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
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Video: The Booming Business of Baby-Boomer Tech
Some valuable apps for those reaching their golden years.
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Defending the Digital Consumer
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill prepares for the day there is no Internet.
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Pluto flyby earned NASA social media gold
NASA tweeted up a storm, engaged openly tongue-in-cheek on Twitter and gave Instagram the first look at a historic moment in U.S. space exploration history.
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The Startup Shakeup: Can Small, Innovative Companies Break Into DC Contracting Scene?
Tech firms are adopting a new language to win a shot at innovation contracts.
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How not to do a Twitter Q&A
In support of the White House Conference on Aging, Labor Secretary Tom Perez took to Twitter to answer citizens' questions. It was a good idea, but failed to capitalize on social media's biggest draw: a personal touch.
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NASA: A good story well told
The space agency’s PR machine is second to none in the federal government. The secret: “Don’t suck all the fun out of what you do.”
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The Chinese Government’s Love-Hate Relationship with the Internet
For the Chinese government, things like smartphone apps are a serious threat to the state.
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Open Data Can Tell You the Worst Place to Park
Empowering citizens to be partners with government.
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OPM Director Katherine Archuleta Quits
Congressional support eroded after announcement than 21 million Social Security numbers were compromised.
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Tweeting About the New $10 Bill? Treasury’s Keeping Tabs on Your Tweets
The Treasury Department has started collecting and occasionally republishing the public's agency-related social media posts in order to gain a better handle on public sentiment.
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What the Federal Government Can Learn from Disney World: Q&A with Greg Godbout
EPA’s Chief Technology Officer Greg Godbout has big plans for the federal government, and a lot of it seems to follow in the digital footsteps of Disney World.
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Video: Finding a Cure Aboard the International Space Station
How the investigation of protein crystals in space is helping treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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Can Silicon Valley Save Federal IT?
An agile, open sensibility has overtaken Washington. But can it budge the behemoth federal bureaucracy?
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Video: This Organization Wants to Stop Killer Robots
Fifty NGOs have banded together to create a campaign to encourage governments to act now to prevent dangerous autonomous machines in the future.
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India Prime Minister has Big Plans for Nationwide Digital Programs
India's prime minister wants to reboot the country's digital infrastructure.
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