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The Promise of a New Internet
It's not too late to rebuild this thing for the people.
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IBM's new cloud offering and DOE's storm tracking app
News and notes from the federal IT community.
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DEA Spy Unit Seeks to Hasten Surveillance Using IT
The agency is drafting a potential contract for help with "rapid prototyping," data analysis and other tech services within its Office of Special Intelligence.
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VA Schedulers Failed to Fully Use Wait List Software Created in 2002
Ignored internal system at least once on 731 facilities probed.
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Survey: Up to 70 Percent of Government IT Staff Will Depart Within 5 Years
The top workforce challenge identified by CIOs was workforce planning.
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IBM Partners with Epic in Battle for Pentagon’s Multibillion-Dollar EHR Deal
Big blue and a leading EHR provider join forces to compete for the $11 billion Defense Department’s Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract.
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Amazon takes up HealthCare.gov role
Adding AWS as a subcontractor is one piece of the plan to overhaul HealthCare.gov before the next open enrollment period.
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Army Boosts Value of IT Deal by $774 Million
Increases value of $5 billion, 2007 hardware and software contract.
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Survey Identifies Old IT Culprits As Top Barriers To More Open Government
Data sensitivity, a perceived lack of funding, and privacy concerns remain challenges to unleashing more government data.
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Amtrak Eyes Broadband Wi-Fi DC-Boston
Rollout will require a whole mess of access points.
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IRS Illegally Gave Taxpayer Data to the FBI in 2010, Republicans Say
Move is evidence of effort to undermine conservative groups, lawmakers say.
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Computers Are Getting Better Than Humans Are at Facial Recognition
Technology could chip away at freedom of expression—including our "right to lie."
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A brief history of open data
From eight simple principles to today's vast ecosystem, here's what's happening -- and how to take full advantage.
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HealthCare.gov Gets a Redesign for Obamacare Enrollment’s 1st Birthday
Some fear the overhaul won’t be done in time and could result in a failed open season.
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DHS Misses Congressional Due Date to Show That Port ID Cards Work
Assessment is in draft and awaiting TSA and Coast Guard sign-off, spokesman says.
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Webinars Are on the Rise as Federal Conference Spending Shrinks
Feds still like their BlackBerrys for checking email, survey also finds.
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2 1/2 cheers for GSA, Donald Trump and the Old Post Office
Steve Kelman reflects on what the development deal says about procurement and politics.
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Hackers Compromise Database of South Koreans Who Work for the U.S. Military
Contact info, education history, work experience and Korean ID numbers may have been breached.
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DHS Shifts Nuclear-Screening Focus to 'High-Risk' Cargo
A new international standard known as “ISO 37120” lays out 46 performance measures.
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