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Relaunched HealthCare.gov Can Handle Twice as Much Traffic as Last Year
The White House is hoping the people turned off by the website's disastrous debut will come back for its second try.
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Republicans React to Obama’s Net Neutrality Proposal: ‘Obamacare for the Internet’
One Republican senator's comment follows President Obama's support of using new regulations to preserve net neutrality.
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How Cyborg Cockroaches Could Aid Disaster-Relief Efforts
Bugs backpacked with microphones could be deployed to disaster zones in the future.
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American Museum of Natural History's First-Ever 24-Hour Hackathon
The results just might actually help the museum.
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Obama Urges ‘Strongest Possible’ Net Neutrality Rules From FCC
The president's statement is a massive blow to Comcast and other Internet providers who fear they will be regulated like utilities.
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Remembering time behind the Berlin Wall
Before he became a procurement expert and management professor, Steve Kelman dabbled in Cold War intrigue. Twenty-five years after the fall of the wall, he recalls the experience.
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Net neutrality, Heartbleed revisited and an aircraft carrier for drones
News and notes from around the federal IT community
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How the Army is approaching its cloud strategy
Archie Mackie became product director of enterprise computing at the Army PEO EIS in June. In a Nov. 7 interview with FCW, he explained why the Army is cautious but hopeful in its adoption of the cloud.
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Senate Republicans Want to Rewrite Communications Act. So What Happens to Net Neutrality?
A GOP plan to overhaul a communications law could get bogged down in a partisan battle.
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Rap Sheets, Watchlists and Spy Networks Now Available With Single Click
DNI flips the switch on a single sign-on tool for sharing sensitive information.
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Pentagon Casts Wider Net to Avert the Next Ebola Before It Arrives
New two-page EZ application is the first step to DARPA funding for biological technology.
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Facebook Now Has a Donate Button for Ebola
After donating $25 million of his own money to help fight the spread of Ebola, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg now wants 1.3 billion of his closest friends to chip in.
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In Off-the-Grid West Africa, How Can Tech Fight Ebola?
For now, a big piece of USAID’s efforts lie in improving the technology doctors and nurses use when treating patients with Ebola.
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How Micro-Targeting Helped GOP Mobilize Voters
Getting out the vote used to be Obama's ball game. Now Republicans are playing for keeps, too.
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Should social media affect your security clearance?
As continuous evaluation efforts ramp up, the intelligence community is testing ways to fold online postings into the mix.
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‘Posting and Praying’: Why Agencies’ Old-School Approach to Recruiting Tech Talent Needs an Update
Federal hiring strategies need to consider more than just jobseekers’ altruism.
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Why Did This Federal Lab Pay 42 Different Prices for the Same Computer?
Energy Department has attempted to standardize equipment buys, but IT purchasing remains problematic.
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What the GOP Takeover of the Senate Means for Tech
if Republicans want to win a presidential election, they'll have to show they can develop real technology policies.
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