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The Official Who Oversaw HealthCare.gov Is Retiring

Michelle Snyder is stepping down, The N.Y. Times reports.

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HealthCare.Gov Passes 1 Million Enrollments

The milestone falls short of original goals.

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When Does Technology Change Enough That the Law Should Too?

An NSA ruling defers to a 1979 decision, Smith v. Maryland. Should that case still matter?

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OpenGov: We're number two!

Here's how the U.S. government scored on the inaugural Open Data Barometer.

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Analysis: Is NSA Surveillance Constitutional?

Depends on the judge, a Friday ruling in the agency's favor shows.

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Massachusetts, Vermont Want Refunds for Troubled Obamacare Websites

CGI Federal engineered state-level exchanges, in addition to HealthCare.gov.

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The Next Frontier for 3-D Printing: Human Organs

The technology also is being used to test drug responses in mini-systems.

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Many People Signed Up for Obamacare at the Last Minute

State exchanges have been busy; HealthCare.gov numbers not available until mid-January.

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Analysis: A HealthCare.gov Warning Taken out of Context

Issa hasn't shown that consumers' data was ever at great risk.

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Researchers: It Is Trivially Easy to Match Metadata to Real People

Telephony metadata NSA collects does not include customer names, but it's easy to figure them out.

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Edward Snowden: Congress's Failures Forced My Hand

The NSA leaker says House and Senate leaders "elected" him by failing to do their oversight jobs themselves.

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Emergency Alert System May Go Commercial

The current system is dogged by inefficiencies that could cost lives, FEMA says.

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Good Cheer to All

A note of gratitude for this digital pulpit – and the NextGov news pages.

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Obamacare Deadline Extended Until Christmas Eve

Administration officials are allowing consumers who want Jan. 1 coverage more time, citing heavy traffic concerns.

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A fun party game for the holidays?

"Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates contains a number of colloquial phrases that have all but disappeared from the language.

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Most Scientific Research Data From the 1990s Is Lost Forever

Some of it was on floppy disks.

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NSA, Not Santa, Is Coming to Town

Parody video may not seem so far-fetched.

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VA Paperless Processing System Shut Down by Software Glitch Last Week

Problem with ratings decisions was fixed by Wednesday.

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The wrong way to engage

John Klossner's take on managers' outreach to agency employees.

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NSA Panel Member Recommends Increased Data Collection

Former CIA chief says controversial 'bulk' collection of data should be expanded to include email, and could prevent the next 9/11.