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Scientists Have a Sharing Problem
Competition and disorganization within their disciplines prevent many researchers from making their data publicly available, which is stunting scientific progress.
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Spending and defense bills head to White House
Procedural challenges in the Senate give way to final votes on both "must-pass" pieces of legislation.
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A Brief History of Militarized Lasers
The Navy recently mounted a laser cannon on a ship. It's been a long time coming.
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FITARA Analysis: Will CIOs Use Their New Powers for Good?
The fate of IT reform now lies almost squarely on the shoulders of agency chief information officers.
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Federal agencies must prepare for mobile payments
Now that all the major smartphone platforms offer mobile payment options, federal agencies need to join the trend
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Clock runs out on FOIA update
Popular bill to encourage broader document publication was stalled in the Senate until this week; Boehner declines to schedule House vote.
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Congress averts shutdown with 2-day funding bill
Longer-term funding still requires Senate approval, president's signature.
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FCC Hikes Phone Fees to Give Students Faster Internet
Democrats say the plan will give millions of students a better education, but Republicans worry about a rising phone "tax."
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Three Years After SOPA Crashed and Burned, Congress Seeks Copyright Update
The backlash over the Stop Online Piracy Act still has lawmakers skittish.
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A 2015 Technology Forecast
Nextgov's Tech Trends 2015 ebook reflects some of 2014’s most impactful trends and areas sure to continue in the year ahead.
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Updating SmartPay on GSA radar
GSA is looking at how it can keep up with commercial best practices and the future of the payment industry.
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Big data is not just a job, it's an adventure
Officials from DHS and DOT face different challenges with departmental data but agree that when it comes to managing big data, "you're never done."
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Why Even the Best Hackers Could Soon be Outsmarted by Machines
Since Gary Kasparov’s defeat by IBM’s Deep Blue 17 years ago, humans have essentially been playing chess for second place.
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6 Tech Takeaways in the New Spending Bill
From the Pentagon’s cloud efforts to a new $35 million cybersecurity center, read some of key tech takeaways of the bill.
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HUD IT, an Army airport for drones and Reid pins losses on HealthCare.gov
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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7 things the 'cromnibus' means for IT
IT spending was not a sticking point in the negotiations, but there were some developments worth noting.
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The Scheduling App That Lets Health Care Workers Pick Their Own Shifts
WellStar’s online scheduling system allows nurses to sign themselves up for the shifts they want.
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The US Has Really Expensive Internet and It's Getting Worse
Among the 34 member countries of the OECD, the US has the fourth most expensive fixed-line broadband services.
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The First Computer Mouse was Patented in the 1960s
The pointing device was "a major selling point of the Macintosh" when personal computing went mainstream.
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