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Good News: Army Chiefs Plan ‘Smart’ Civilian Workforce Reduction
The Bad News: Possible RIFs.
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Rand Paul Touts Role in NSA Phone Spying Reforms
"I think our lawsuit had something to do with bringing the president to the table," the senator says.
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This Is What a Facial-Detection Algorithm Looks Like in 3D
Mathematics made metallic onto a face of flesh
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Software Continues to Plague $397 Billion F-35 Project, GAO Finds
Marines may not meet July 2015 operational target.
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Senators Want Ukraine to Arrest Target Hackers in Exchange for Aid
Measure would initiate U.S.-Ukraine talks on cybercrime and institute new extradition procedures.
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Computer Security Problems at VA More Than Doubled in the Past Six Years
Department still lags in network security after 16 years of warnings.
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These Companies Are Mining the World’s Data by Selling Street Lights and Farm Drones
The drones collect data on crops from hundreds of feet above.
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Security-Cleared IT, Cyber Pros See Fatter Paychecks in 2013
This despite a declining job market for security-cleared professionals overall.
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Obama and Lawmakers Plan to End Mass Surveillance
The White House and the House Intelligence Committee plan to soon unveil their proposals to reform NSA spying.
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FDA taps video mailers to educate on tobacco
A FedBizOpps posting said the agency wants to use video-enabled greeting cards to combat smoking
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U.S. Confirms Effort to Phase Out Selected 'Dirty Bomb' Materials
Paired with conventional explosives, radiological materials used in medicine could potentially be dispersed over a wide area, creating dangerous contamination.
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Microsoft Offers Agencies Incentives to Drop Windows XP
Agencies upgrading to Windows 8 receive discounts and robust Office 365 cloud service.
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The US Government Doesn’t Want Online Courses to Be Open to Iran, Sudan, and Cuba
A new advanced course on aircraft design from free online learning platform edX will be unavailable in certain countries.
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Is big data the cure for health-care systems?
A MeriTalk survey of executives in health care-related agencies and businesses found that fewer than 20 percent said their organization is prepared to work with big data.
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Prosecutors Move to Restrict Access to 'Death Ray' Designs
The move may even prohibit certain discussion of the weapon in court hearings.
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Negligence to Blame in All 73 Incidents of Missing Radioactive Materials in 2013, Report Finds
Researchers call for 'improved training in nuclear materials security and enhanced end-user accountability.'
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What Should Scare Us About Health IT
Advancements in electronic health records also make our records more vulnerable to hacking.
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The POTUS Wireless Ecosystem
Ensuring the president can communicate ‘anywhere, anytime, by any means with anyone in the world.’
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VA Fails to Set Up Registry of Troops Exposed to Burn Pits
The department says it’s testing hardware and software; lawmakers outraged.
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