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How Twitter Could Help Police Departments Predict Crime
Public Twitter data improved the predictions in metropolitan Chicago compared to historical comparisons, study finds.
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What Federal IT Managers Are Doing Instead of Hiring
Hardware skills and IT procurement were the only two areas where IT leaders said they had adequate talent.
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China’s Secret Antisatellite Weapons Should Be on Everyone’s Radar
The Internet is making what governments do in space, like everywhere else, less mysterious.
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NSA 'Time Machine' Includes Spying on Americans' Phone Conversations
Program collects '100 percent' of an unnamed foreign country’s calls, including content from Americans abroad.
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How Twitter Tracks the Flu
The social-media site can raise flags about the spread of the flu weeks before CDC data becomes available.
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I’ll Pass on the Medical Grass to Treat PTSD
Sounds too much like street grass, which didn’t help.
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Administration Calls for Program to Continously Probe Personnel
After Navy Yard Shooting, officials want to connect computer systems used for issuing security clearances and ID cards.
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Mail carriers get new mobile device
The Honeywell device is the leading edge of a larger plan to support the kind of multiple-event end-to-end tracking used by commercial shippers.
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Feds Approve Medical Marijuana Study for Vets With PTSD
The research will target veterans with chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.
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Models, models everywhere
This excerpt from "Left Brain, Right Stuff" explains the value and limitations of decision models.
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The Film Gravity’s 3D Sound Is Coming to Your Conference Room
Using it is like taking a trip to the movies
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Two States Want to Extend Obamacare Deadline Because of Glitchy Websites
Oregon's exchange doesn't work; Nevadans get error messages reminiscent of HealthCare.gov's early days.
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Obamacare Hits 5 Million Enrollees
HHS says HealthCare.gov traffic is up, and the call center had its busiest day since December.
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What you don’t know can hurt you
Taking a leaf out of the audit book for gaining valuable insights from data.
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China's Hypersonic Glide Vehicle May Fly 10 Times Faster Than Sound
Fears the developmental craft could increase volatility in the Asia-Pacific region.
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U.S. Government to Give Up Key Internet Powers
The United States will turn over control to the "global Internet community."
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How IT Jobs Have Changed in 15 Years
Some simply didn’t exist in the late '90s, while others have expanded dramatically, Pew finds.
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Should Consumers Bear the Cost to Upgrade the Grid?
The public generally isn't involved in the details of utility-rate setting.
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NOAA budget boost focused on data
The largest request for NOAA's five offices is the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, which would get an increase of about $165 million over fiscal 2014.
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