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FCC's Enforcement Bureau Cracks Down on Telecom Giants
In his first year on the job as chief of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau, Travis LeBlanc has issued some of the largest fines in the agency's history.
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What Good Is a Video You Can't See?
Police body cameras are meant to be a tool of public accountability. But even experts can't agree on how to make sure that happens.
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FEC plans interactive legal guides
The Federal Election Commission’s existing systems are notoriously clunky and tricky to navigate.
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Meet the Federal Government's Health Care IT Champion, Karen DeSalvo
The internal medicine specialist took office a little over a year ago -- 10 years after President George W. Bush's administration created the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Germans Are Paranoid that the US Is Spying on Their Data
Germany deeply distrusts how the U.S. handles digital data.
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DOD to Start Its Own Digital Service Team
The new squad is already working to transfer electronic health records to the Department of Veterans Affairs from DOD.
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3-D Microscope Uses Virtual Reality to Let You Explore a Molecule
Nanotronics Imaging has created a new system, called nVisible, that lets anyone walk through a three-dimensional, digital visualization of a microscopic landscape, using a virtual reality headset.
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Why Rand Paul is Suddenly Silent about NSA Surveillance
Rand Paul hates the Patriot Act and NSA mass surveillance. Just don't ask him what he thinks of fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell's plan to keep both alive.
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5 steps to truly client-centric metrics
IT departments can illustrate their value by customizing metrics to specific projects and linking their performance to the agency’s mission
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A New Look at How Federal IT Reform is Faring in 5 Charts
The new data measure the extent to which agency IT projects stay within budget and on schedule and the average time it takes to deliver key phases of a project.
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House Lawmakers Float Bill to End NSA Mass Surveillance
A bipartisan group is launching a final push to reform the government’s spying apparatus.
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Video: Democratizing Data
How the open data revolution is really a part of something larger.
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Treasury IT under scrutiny
Sens. Ron Johnson and Tom Carper want more details on risky IT projects from the department's CIO.
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The Next Step in Health IT? Virtual Doctors Visits
Congressional interest in telehealth legislation is building.
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FCC Website Gets a Refresh
A prototype of the site went live after months of research and focus groups.
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Good News About Hiring Women in STEM, but, it’s Not Enough
Should diversity initiatives focus more on increasing women’s numeric representation or improving the treatment of women already in these fields?
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McConnell Introduces Bill to Authorize NSA Surveillance Until 2020
The move may thwart any attempt to reform the NSA’s mass-surveillance authorities.
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Sorry, open data: Americans just aren't that into you
A new survey finds limited public knowledge of government's open data efforts -- and equally underwhelming enthusiasm.
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