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NASA and the US Air Force Successfully Tested a Plane with Shapeshifting Wings
NASA has flown 22 research flights over the past six months using the technology, and it passed with flying colors.
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With Patriot Act Deadline Closing In, House Advances Bill to Limit NSA Spying
Nearly two years after the Snowden revelations began, lawmakers are scrambling to rein in government surveillance—before it’s too late.
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Video: New Ideas from New Generations
Open data provides government with an opportunity to try new ideas and renew itself.
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OMB Unveils FITARA Guidelines For Public Comment
The guidelines, posted on GitHub, are open for comment until May 30.
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DOD tech deficits, NASA grants, a FirstNet industry day and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community
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OSTP, USDS, 18F gather the techies to talk data and design
The inaugural get-together of "moveForward(100)" gave Internet specialists a platform for sharing successes and upcoming projects.
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State to set up analytics office
The State Department's new strategic plan calls for a greater focus on harnessing big data.
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The Army Is Testing Handheld Ray Guns
Fittingly, these rifle-sized weapons would gun for other electronics.
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Advice for Job-Switchers and Newbies From Google’s Hiring Chief
Google HR chief Laszlo Bock discusses the extremely data-focused approach to hiring and management he has created at the search and tech giant.
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Rand Paul Leads Charge to Kill Net Neutrality
The Republican presidential candidate is bucking both Silicon Valley and key members of his own party to try to repeal the FCC's rules.
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Trio of DC's Top Female Coders Hail from Federal Innovation Shop
Thirty women were selected based on the impact their programming work has had on their organization and the community, as well as the level of complexity in their code.
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Americans don't trust – or like, or use – most digital government resources
Even tech-obsessed millennials prefer to interact with the government via more traditional means, says a new report from Forrester Research.
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Survey: Most Americans Just Not That Into Uncle Sam's Digital Services
Less than half of people polled would like the federal government to focus its energy on creating more digital services, according to a new study.
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Video: Heat Seek Brings New York in From the Cold
A civic hacking initiative uses open data for good.
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IT Pros Say Most Businesses Buy Cyber Tech Based on Cost, Not Security
Ninety percent of survey respondents said their companies had spent money on technology scrapped before, or soon after, deployment.
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Senate and House Bills Would Effectively End NSA Mass Surveillance
The effort would stop the spy agency’s bulk collection of U.S. phone records, the first and one of the most controversial programs exposed by Edward Snowden nearly two years ago.
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OMB: FITARA Guidance Coming This Week
The thrust of the new legislation gives agency CIOs greater power over their agency’s IT purse strings.
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How independent are IGs?
A report on how inspectors general balance competing interests comes at a difficult time in IG-agency relations.
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Here's How You Hack a Military Drone
Research studies on drone vulnerabilities published in recent years essentially provided hackers a how-to guide, an Israeli researcher says.
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