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NASA Taps Citizen-Scientists to Find Novel Ways to Use Earth Science Datasets
The space agency hopes to get the public's help in figuring out innovative ways to use climate and Earth science datasets.
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Air Force Awards $1.9 Billion Contract for More Antimissile Satellites
Lockheed Martin birds will help provide around-the-clock intelligence about ballistic missile launches.
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IT Reform Finally Heads to Full Senate
Amended FITARA bill advances to full chamber.
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Why Americans, Like Europeans, Should Be Able to Scrub Their Online Search Results
Many people simply want the right to control their own online narrative.
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Disputed $103 Million DHS Employee Smartcard Project Falls Behind
Government attorneys reject latest protest pitting HP against contract winner XTec.
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Chicago Gets a New Surveillance System Straight Out of a Video Game
By the end of the year, Chicago will have as many as fifty sensors on light poles, tracking everything from humidity and air quality to noise level.
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CIA CIO Opens Up About Amazon Cloud
Langley's top tech executive calls the AWS cloud “one of the most important” tech procurements as of late.
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State Dept. Bolsters Social Media Campaign Against ISIS, Al-Qaida, Others
English-language outreach pilot gets another six months.
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Privacy Groups Sound the Alarm Over FBI’s Facial-Recognition Technology
Advocates push Holder to assess the privacy impact of the FBI's controversial database.
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Google Is Becoming a Domain Registrar
Google has been an ICANN registrar for a while, but they have never before sold domains.
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Teachers Give Failing Grade to Obama's Push for Tech in Schools
The FCC should expand the size of its school Internet program, teachers say.
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NOAA embraces the business of big data
Building on a February RFI, NOAA has put together its big data partnership business model, mapping out a way for government and industry to take government data to the next level.
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Lockheed Clinches $82.5 Million Sole-Source Cyber Range Deal
The defensewide system for simulating hacks depends on the contractor’s source code and expertise.
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Happy 70th Birthday to Original GI Bill
Yesterday marked the anniversary of a landmark law.
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DISA Seeks Deal on Mobile Apps
Agency also wants to evaluate next-generation hardware.
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London’s Pervasive Surveillance Can Now Help You Find a Bus Seat
The local transit authority, is testing a system that will inform passengers before they climb the treacherous stairs whether the effort is worthwhile.
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Data mashups on a military scale
With threats growing more sophisticated, the Navy wants ideas on how to unify its troves of data.
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Twelve Agencies Seek to Hire Virtual Interns This Summer
The initiative aims to promote innovation and bring in new ideas at no cost to the participating agency.
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FDA backs off regulating medical device data systems
The Food and Drug Administration is treating the data systems and IT infrastructure that capture information from medical devices as low-risk, as a way to encourage innovation.
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