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Data-driven department to get chief data officer
The Commerce Department is looking for a CDO to carry out its vision for unlocking the potential of federal data.
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Senate would trim president's defense IT budget by $500M
Lawmakers said the lower funding level “will help prioritize and better target non-cybersecurity IT investments in an era of fiscal constraint.”
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A Tip for VBA: Don’t Try to Spy on Congressional Staff
This would be comical if it was not tragic.
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HHS Announces New Open Gov Projects, Wants to Know What You Think
New initiative will make federally funded research journals more accessible to the public.
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Hearing: VBA Changed Dates on Claims to Make Them Look New
VBA manipulated data to meet backlog reduction goals.
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Is there a future for the General Schedule?
Reforming the civil service would be a heavy lift, but members of Congress have little patience for the status quo.
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Why Government Should Care about Google's Skybox Acquisition
For starters, the purchase will add value for business intelligence.
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Paper Folders Twice As Fast As Computerized Immigration System
About 150 clicks required to complete casework for a single foreign applicant.
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Commerce Has the Best Data, Will Hire Chief Data Officer, Secretary Says
Penny Pritzker was speaking at a conference in California.
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Pentagon 1992 Memo Detailed Information Warfare Strategy
Called for corruption of enemy systems.
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The Democratization of Drone Warfare
Once a symbol of outright American military superiority, drones are on their way to becoming an ordinary weapon of war.
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In Net-Neutrality Push, Democrats Aim to Make the Internet a Utility
The controversial move would give the FCC sweeping new powers over Internet providers.
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VA Had 31 Percent Error Rate in Crash 2013 Claims Processing Project
Raters felt pressured to do job in two months.
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Google, Facebook, Netflix Make Their Official Case for Net Neutrality
The FCC is nearing the deadline for the first round of comments on the controversial proposal.
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State Department Downplays Extremist Seizure of Low-Grade Uranium in Iraq
ISIS has control of uranium compounds, Baghdad warns.
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Here’s Why You May Never Be Truly Anonymous in a Big Data World
All de-identified data may not be so anonymous after all.
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What Happened to America's Most Important Arctic Ships?
The nation’s fleet of ice-cutting ships is getting older, and congressional action to modernize it isn’t moving at breakneck speed.
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The Pentagon Is Well on Its Way to Building a Human Memory Chip
DARPA has teamed up with several universities to develop and build a very small, implantable, wireless neural interface device.
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DHS Is Prepared to Spend Big on Wearable Radiation Detectors
Agency may buy $24 million worth of the devices.
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