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Is Big Data the Solution to VA’s Health Care Woes?
The key to more proactive patient care is lots and lots of data.
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What ‘America’s Data Agency’ Should Be Doing With Its Data
Lessons from an open data roundtable at the Commerce Department.
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Lawmakers Skeptical of FBI’s Push for Encryption Back Doors
The bureau’s director is arguing that legislation is needed to catch criminals who are using new technologies, but some in Congress disagree.
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Ebola Vaccine Development Probably Too Late to Deal with Current Crisis
A major drug firm says it will take until 2016 to ramp up production.
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Mobile usage, a PTO nominee and NASA's data swap
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Dallas Hospital Had the Ebola Screening Machine That the Military Is Using in Africa
The Dallas hospital had an Ebola screening machine, but it was for research purposes only.
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New weapons in the fight against emerging biothreats
In the midst of the Ebola outbreak, progress is being made on other fronts against bacterial threats such as anthrax and MRSA.
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The FBI Wants Internet Wiretapping Powers
Despite privacy fears following the Snowden leaks, the FBI director says new spying powers are necessary to catch criminals.
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Huge Bidder Pile-On for VA’s $22.3 Billion Tech Deal
If all these interested vendors actually submit a bid, the VA acquisition folks will have to go into overtime to weed through all the paper.
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VA Plans to Build Nationwide High-Frequency Radio Network to Communicate During Emergencies
Network will cover more than 200 VA medical facilities.
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This Could Be the Future of Battlefield Robotics
The competition is on for a better-robot steering system.
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Why General Motors is Wading Into the Net Neutrality Debate
The car company is warning the FCC not to expand regulation of wireless Internet.
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Get Ready for a New Wave of Biometrics
A new Google study suggests there's hope for the once-futuristic technology that's gotten a bit... boring.
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GAO to CBP: Put testing data to better use for border security
GAO says Customs and Border Protection could do a better job analyzing information gathered on security tests at ports of entry.
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A to-do list for the 'data agency'
A report assessing the Commerce Department's open data initiatives puts particular emphasis on the Patent and Trademark Office's use and management of its data.
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Institute of Medicine Plans Ebola Research Workshop
Focus on public health, risks and countermeasures.
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HHS Awards Contract for Ebola Vaccine Shown to be 100 Percent Effective in Animal Tests
Pentagon also backs vaccine from Profectus Biosciences.
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Tel Aviv dispatch
Steve Kelman takes a break from acquisition and IT to report on his latest travels.
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