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Real regs target virtual currency
The Treasury Department is targeting money transmitters, but personal use remains outside the realm of regulation, at least for now.
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Rand Paul Sues the NSA in the Most Elaborate Email Collection Scheme in History
The senator will announce a class action suit against the agency for unconstitutionally scooping up Americans' telephone call data.
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Salaries Are Rising for These Six IT Jobs
Fresh food and home cleaning services among perks offered workers with the most-sought skills.
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Greetings from New Zealand
Steve Kelman, FCW's traveling professor, reports from a land without airport security.
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Early Tests Bode Well for Bioterrorism Treatment
A potential drug for use against Marburg virus appeared safe for humans in initial tests.
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TSA Wants Machines to Scan Through Your Coat, Shoes and Belt
Desired technology could automatically screen 250 airplane passengers an hour.
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HP Gets Another $138 Million to Keep the Old Navy Network Operational
Boost reflects delay in transition to new network.
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Defense Mulls Location-Specific Health Record Licenses
The department wants to buy discounted software on an enterprise basis.
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TechAmerica, ITI still locking horns
The judge’s refusal to dismiss TechAmerica's lawsuit means the $5 million case will continue.
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Taking your social media strategy to the next level
Agencies must thoroughly understand not only what they want to get out of social media, but what their customers are looking for.
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White House Delays Obamacare Mandate Again
New rules soften the law’s employer mandate, which has already been delayed by a year.
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Coalition of Google, Facebook, and Other Tech Giants Joins Mass NSA Protest
The event Tuesday aims to echo 2012’s 'Day the Internet Went Dark.'
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Watchdog groups push Senate, White House on Data Act
Organizations as diverse as the Sunlight Foundation and Gun Owners of America want the legislation passed without the changes proposed by OMB.
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Another Day, Another Shutdown for the VA Claims System
Outages are seemingly routine.
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Five Major Drug Chains to Adopt Blue Button Prescription Standards
Wide use of VA-developed data format expected to reduce dosing errors, save lives.
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Obama-Appointed FTC Chairwoman Praises Snowden for Putting 'Spotlight' on Privacy
Many were unaware how they could be tracked online, Edith Ramirez says.
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Officials Seek Industry Input on How to Comply With Obama's NSA Reforms
Could a contractor store all that metadata or is that an inherently governmental function?
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DARPA Launches Project to Revolutionize Web Search
Memex system, inspired by a 1945 article in The Atlantic, will focus on topical searches and plumb ‘deep Web.’
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