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NSA on Text Messages: 'A Goldmine to Exploit'
NSA and British partners collect 194 million texts a day.
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Gates Tells Jon Stewart He 'Failed' on Joint Health Record
Could not overcome turf wars, the former Defense secretary says.
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Congress Tries to Curtail NSA Spying, Sort Of
Issue of eavesdropping on specific U.S. individuals’ communications is personal for Senators and House members.
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HealthCare.gov Is Secure, Says CMS Official Who Voiced Early Concerns
The Obamacare marketplace underwent end-to-end security testing in mid-December
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Congress Slashes the Army’s Tactical Communications Program
Lawmakers gave the Navy’s Next Generation Network a $105 million boost in 2014.
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Education data could smooth financial aid applications
The latest big-data initiative encourages developers to create APIs to streamline the process of applying for college aid, among other activities.
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Experts Say HealthCare.gov Could Be Hacked
Security consulting firms have identified 20 weak points on the site.
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Video: State's new push to recruit citizen mappers
The MapGive project is crowdsourcing tasks to improve geodata for humanitarian efforts.
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Group Aims to Reform Government Around Citizen Services
Organizers of Smart Lean Government will hold a workshop on the concept Jan. 22.
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Fighting the Next Obamacare Tech Fail
Removing CGI Federal treats a symptom and does nothing for the problem. So what would a real solution look like?
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Air Force Nuke Officers Used Text Messages to Cheat on Exam
What began as a drug probe has implicated 34 officers in a cheating scandal.
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Quit Wasting Money on e-Health Records, Congress Tells Defense and VA
Lawmakers want both departments to focus on interoperability.
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Spending Bill Includes Overtime Pay for VA Claims Processors
The legislation also provides an extra $20 million in hardware for the new electronic benefits management system.
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Congress Cracks Down on Purchases of Chinese-Made IT
Spending bill bars NASA, Commerce, Justice, and NSF from buying systems from China until vetted by authorities and restricts supercomputer acquisitions.
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House Democrats Charge Issa Is Playing Fast and Loose with HealthCare.gov Docs
A spokesman for the Republican lawmaker calls it a ‘false controversy.’
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Your Internet Connection Is Slower Than Advertised
According to new data from Netflix, the bandwidth consumers actually receive is much less than what they are promised.
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How the Cloud Could Be Helping Agencies More
Only 13 percent of survey respondents say they rely on cloud computing to meet critical agency goals.
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Cyber Command Funding More Than Doubles
The jump is mostly attributed to personnel growth. DHS also sees an increase in cybersecurity funding.
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Lawmakers Read Mean Tweets
Paul Ryan and others embrace some of the nastiest insults they've seen on Twitter.
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