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New Mexico Lets Nuclear Waste Remain Above Ground After Radioactive Leak
Atomic waste-filled containers are being temporarily stored outside faulty underground facility.
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2015 Budget Would Boost Investments in STEM Education
One proposed change is a governmentwide reorganization of STEM education programs.
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DHS Wants More Virtual Fence Funding
Fiscal 2015 budget proposes $11 million more for border control equipment and surveillance.
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Defense budget zeroes in on cyber spending
Few specifics were revealed, but the trend is clearly toward tech and away from troops.
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A Call to Action for IT Leaders
Federal acquisition regulations have become a counter-force to innovation and evolution in technology.
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Inside the Tech Team Fixing the Obamacare Website
Time article provides rich insight into the intersection of Silicon Valley and Washington culture.
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IG report finds flaws in NASA's mobile device management
About 14 percent of all agency-issued devices went unused for seven months, says a report from NASA IG Paul Martin.
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This week in online disintermediation: Charities
Steve Kelman looks at the latest example of tradeoffs inherent in internet innovation.
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Here’s an Idea for a Digital Currency That Actually Solves a Problem, Unlike Bitcoin
Nobel economist Robert Shiller has an idea to use big data to make money a more perfect expression of value.
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DARPA Chip Aims to Secure Electronics Throughout the Supply Chain
It aims to solve the long-standing problem of forged electronic parts.
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Telework Yields $32 Million in Snow Day Savings
Telework Week starts with a bang.
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Technology That Undercuts Missile Defense Should Face Tighter Export Controls, Report Says
The policy paper was produced by the RAND Corp. for the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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DOT, HHS headline Challenge.gov offerings
The departments' crowdsourcing efforts are among a dozen new listings on the website, some of which offer cash prizes.
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DHS Awards XTec Contested $103 Million Biometric ID Contract
After the company protested the original award to HP Enterprise Services the department reassessed all technology proposals.
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Telework Keeps DISA Up and Running
Some feds are required to take their laptops home every day.
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Analysis: These Three Management Rules Helped Fix HealthCare.gov
Some of the solution was technical but many of the big changes were made in the culture of the work environment.
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Green Energy Loan Program Is 'Open for Business' Again
Solyndra failure derailed the program for years.
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Radiation Leak Spells Uncertainty for Nuclear Waste Dump
It is unclear how the U.S. will handle remnants of past nuclear-arms production.
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