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White House Pushes Weaker Version of Spending Transparency Bill
The revised DATA Act could make it more difficult to track spending across agencies.
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Government Web Satisfaction Drops After HealthCare.gov Launch
Tuesday’s report reverses a two-year rise in public satisfaction with government services.
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Government Lets Internet Giants Disclose More About NSA Data Requests
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Yahoo are 'pleased' with the decision.
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The Day Before the State of the Union Has Been Full of NSA Leaks
New disclosures Monday by multiple publications suggest a coordinated effort to focus attention on NSA surveillance ahead of the president’s most important annual speech.
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Key Military Health Surveillance Website Was Down for Nearly a Month
Unexplained technical problems plagued the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center site.
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Pentagon Wants To Vaporize Battlefield Widgets on Command
DARPA awarded a contract to develop ‘transient electronics’ that will evade enemy capture.
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Why Is Battlefield Communications Gear So Bulky? Army Chief Asks
Odierno compares it to his smartphone.
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Proposed Law Would Give U.S. Chief Technology Officer Oversight of Major IT Projects
The CTO’s office could manage the project itself or help the agency manage it.
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HHS Bought More Cloud Storage in the Days Before HealthCare.gov Launched
The cost of the Obamacare cloud has quadrupled since Verizon first won the contract.
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Latest breach at VA has Congress asking more questions
Agency officials blame a "software defect," but oversight committee demands more specifics.
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The Toughest Cities for Recruiting Tech Talent
Surprise: San Francisco, New York and Washington make the list.
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Lessons from the World's Most Tech-Savvy Government
An Estonian shares his country's strategy for navigating the digital world.
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How Is Bitcoin Taxed? The IRS Doesn't Know
Absent any guidelines, investors in the virtual currency will have to muddle through tax season.
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Analysis: Five Years Later, U.S. Drone Use on the Decline
But key questions -- including how targets are chosen and an official civilian death count -- remain unanswered.
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Obamacare Enrollment Tops 3 Million
That’s still far shy of the White House goal of 7 million enrollees by March 31.
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Federal Telework Surge Could Save $14 Billion Annually
Feds who telework twice a week save $16,000 annually, calculator says.
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Lawmakers look to acknowledge GPO scope with name change
A bipartisan pair of senators wants to change the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office.
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