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DHS to gather more data from visa-less travelers
Online visa waiver system expanding to help address security concerns.
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DISA in Compliance with Cloud Security Standards
Three vendors in use; seven under assessment.
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Staff changes at Cyber Command, West shifts to FDIC and Kendall talks acquisition
News and notes from around the federal IT community
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DOD tries to allay industry fears on intellectual property
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Katrina McFarland says the Pentagon wants to own the interoperable parts of a system, not a firm’s commercial secrets.
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Army to Manpack Tactical Radio Vendors: Go on a Diet
Other items on the Army’s to-do list: Boosting battery life and transmitting power
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How a 1983 Plane Crash Helped Speed Up Civilian Use of GPS
The Reagan administration sped up the implementation of location-finding services for civilian use after the Soviet military shot down a passenger aircraft.
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Does Anybody Really Know How Many Cyber Professionals the Government Needs?
Quantifying the precise cyber talent gap remains an inexact science. Can a single federal cyber jobs database help?
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An Outdoorsy Plea for Open Federal Campsite Data
Recreation.gov needs an API requirement, outdoorsy companies say.
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Army Wants Better Teeth Tracking
The Army is seeking new dental software. It needs to have dynamic scheduling capabilities, according to contracting docs.
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Exclusive: AFRICOM Plans High-Speed Circuits to Liberia
U.S. military plans to lease a 622 megabit terrestrial circuit from Europe to Liberia.
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VA Eyes New Medical Imaging System
The new system will be built on commercial standards for viewing medical images, including X-rays, CT body scans and MRI brain scans.
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Race is On for Defense Health Record – but VA Backs Out of Competition
Four teams of contractors are vying for the electronic health record system contract – and the $11 billion prize attached.
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Why Ebola Vaccine May Not Stop Epidemic
The earliest human trials—that is, initial safety studies in small numbers of volunteers—are underway.
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What feds can learn from political campaigns
Elections are increasingly driven by systems that combine the power of social media and big data to connect with citizens. Those same principles can help agency IT as well.
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Megan Smith Thinks Every Child Should Be Able to Code
The U.S. chief technology officer and former vice president of Google[x] believes the key to innovation is early STEM education.
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British Spies Allowed to Access U.S. Data Without a Warrant
Newly released documents from the British government reveal a lack of judicial oversight for how it sifts through communications data collected by the NSA and other foreign governments.
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PwC pitches open-source electronic health records
Firm touts cost and flexibility in its VistA-based bid for an $11 billion defense health record contract.
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Today's Lesson -- Aging Soviet Rocket Engine Doesn't Fly
Orbital Sciences Corp. tried to launch a mission to the International Space Station using rocket engines built four decades ago
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US Army Will Provide Wi-Fi for NGOs in the Fight Against Ebola
The networks the Army is setting up in West Africa will support both military users and NGOs, such as Doctors without Borders.
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