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Lawsuit Says GSA Discriminates Against Blind Contractors
The System for Award Management is not handicapped accessible, the suit claims.
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Video: Nanorobots That Hide in Your Blood Like Viruses Could Someday Fight Cancer
The new technology builds structural hangers out of genetic code to attach a fatty covering to the nanodevice.
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GSA's Bev Godwin to Retire
The director of GSA’s Federal Citizen Information Center has been a champion of technology innovation.
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INSCOM points toward greater use of open standards
The Intelligence and Security Command is the Army’s one-stop-shop for intelligence, and the platform for its recently deployed geospatial database runs on non-proprietary technology.
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Feds Feeling Less Empowered to Innovate
Number who feel innovation is encouraged and rewarded continues to decline.
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Another amazing crowdsourcing app shakes up the world
GiveDirectly employs a simple idea – giving money directly to poor people – and uses technology to facilitate the transaction.
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Former FCC Official to Head Cellphone Lobby
Meredith Attwell Baker will leave Comcast for the wireless group CTIA.
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New Website Helps Vets Find Jobs, Employers Search Resumes
Employment center includes a “military skills translator” to help veterans create more effective resumes.
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NSA document details foreign intel databases
The intelligence agency delves into some details about how it collects, stores and accesses data but leaves many key questions unanswered.
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Feds Tap Data Surveillance Firm for Money Laundering Investigations
The five-year sole source contract with Palantir will support Justice, Treasury and Homeland Security.
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FEC Considers Allowing Bitcoin Donations to Political Campaigns
Could virtual currency be the next form of campaign clout?
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Newly minted data analysts in high demand
N.C. State's Institute for Advanced Analytics said 55 employers offered more than $22 million in salaries and signing bonuses to 75 job seekers from the class of 2014.
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NIST shares tool for vetting mobile apps
Open source project lets developers plug in their own tools for risk assessment.
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Feds Are Sharing Less Weapons of Mass Destruction Info With Lawmakers
Congress requires the government to report on the nuclear and missile programs of Iran, North Korea and Syria.
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Does the big data era demand new rules of the road?
The gray area for those developing guidelines lies in the purpose behind a data collection, and the issue of subsequent, unforeseen use.
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Sooner or Later, Security Drones Will Be Hovering Over Major Marathons
Sprawling, citywide events such as marathons present a particularly thorny security problem.
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Want to Know How Developers Use Your Agency's Data? Ask Them.
An upgraded HealthData.gov site will ask users to volunteer what they’re using HHS data for.
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White House: No Deportation for Justin Bieber
Obama administration declines to comment on anti-Bieber We the People petition.
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