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The Future of Big Data
TIBCO CEO Vivek Ranadivé knows the evolution of data better than anyone. Here's where he thinks it's moving next.
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Budget deal would avert threat of January shutdown
The final deal calls for $1 trillion in spending for fiscal 2014, reduces sequestration cuts, adds money for defense and domestic programs, and requires newly hired federal employees to contribute more to their retirement plans.
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HHS Chief Seeks Investigation Into Obamacare Website Contracts
Kathleen Sebelius also directed CMS to appoint a chief risk officer to oversee IT acquisitions.
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Only 137,000 People Got Insurance Through HealthCare.gov Last Month
While 365,000 Americans selected new plans under the Affordable Care Act during October and November, most were through state exchanges.
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VA Helps Develop an Artificial Hand That Can Feel
Researchers at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University are building a prosthetic hand that provides something like a sense of touch.
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Flying These Planes Cost $2 Million an Hour
Twenty turboprops for Afghanistan's Air Force cost $486 million, flew only 234 hours.
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U.S. Considers Russian Request to Install Satellite Monitoring Stations
Plan has strong congressional opposition.
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Commentary: History Will Forget the Obamacare Website's Bungled Launch
The media have written a cruel first draft, but it won’t last.
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Government's IT Skills Shortage Points to a Future of Failure
Agencies fall short when it comes to having the top-notch talent to effectively develop, leverage or understand technology.
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Can big data save agencies big bucks?
How advancements in big data can help federal agencies avoid duplication, redundancies and other budgetary challenges.
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A U.S. decline?
Steve Kelman assesses U.S. standing in Asia -- and finds we still have a great deal to lose.
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The Federal Managers' Guide to Tech Trends in 2014
New tools and mandates are fueling unprecedented innovation in government, but they’re also creating new challenges.
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Commentary: Every Federal Agency Needs an Innovation Lab
Safe places to think and act outside the bureaucratic box.
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Marking Three Years of Telework Progress
Act requires agencies to establish expanded telework programs and notify all employees of their eligibility to telework.
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What the First Income Taxes Tell Us About HealthCare.gov
A Q-and-A with tax policy professor Joseph Thorndike.
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NSA Also Spies on Trolls, Orcs and Elves
The agency has infiltrated online games populated by mythical creatures.
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About 10 Percent of Obamacare Enrollment Files Have Errors
HHS has struggled to figure out the extent of HealthCare.gov’s back-end problems.
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Congress Grills TSA on Chinese-Made Luggage Scanner Parts
About 250 systems sold by Rapiscan are installed inside U.S. airports nationwide.
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Can Software Be Patented? The Supreme Court Might Finally Settle the Issue
Court agrees to hear CLS Bank International's challenge to a financial software patent.
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