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Pentagon Taps MIT to Study Controversial New Mexico Power Line
Planned transmission line will cross White Sands Missile Range.
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Seattle Presses Pause on Its Mass Surveillance Plans
The victory for privacy activists may only be temporary.
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Got awesome tech concepts? Call NASA
Seed funding program seeks "revolutionary concepts with the potential to transform aerospace endeavors."
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EPA Lowers Renewable-Fuels Target for 2014
Backers of the renewable-fuel standard say that biofuels increase U.S. energy security, but critics say the problems outweigh the benefits.
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I Lost My Seat in Congress, and All I Got Was This Broken Website
Democrats who walked the plank for Obamacare in 2010 now have to watch the White House mess it up.
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Collecting Better Data to Drive Smarter Spending, L.A. Style
City residents will be able to have something like an Amazon purchase history of their interactions with the city.
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Frustration mounting over budget uncertainty
Pentagon officials, legislators trade blame over lack of fiscal clarity.
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FCC crowdsources mobile broadband testing
New app allows any Android user to help measure network performance and download speeds.
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Cybersecurity Experts Will Face Off in Mock NetWars
Hundreds of experienced cyber professionals will gather in Washington in mid-December for the SANS Institute’s second annual NetWars Tournament of Champions.
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Pritzker touts open data in policy speech
Commenting on the recent government shutdown, the Commerce secretary noted: "Data does not get a lot of attention until it is not available."
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The CIA Is Also Collecting Data In Bulk
According to The New York Times, the Central Intelligence Agency is collecting bulk records on international money transfers.
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A Declining Number of Feds Feel Empowered to Innovate
Just 38 percent of federal employees believe creativity and innovation are rewarded.
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Congress gets a new Internet home
After months of beta testing, the successor to Thomas.gov is about to go live.
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Obama: 'I Was Not Informed Website Wasn't Working'
Obamacare Fix Allows Outdated Insurance Plans Through 2014
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Cisco’s Bad Quarter Shows How NSA Spying Could Freeze American Companies Out of a Trillion-dollar Opportunity
Bellwether Cisco indicates American tech companies are no longer welcome in Russia and other emerging markets.
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Will Republicans Save Obamacare?
Some have begun to hope -- or worry -- that the disastrous rollout of health-care reform might prompt the GOP to take action to fix it.
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NOAA satellite programs earn mixed reviews
Independent review team notes progress on most recommendations, but concerns linger of a gap in coverage "that could be months or years in duration."
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Low Enrollment Figures Spotlight Obamacare Problems
The first month’s numbers can tell us only so much about the law’s future, but the figures do provide a couple of clear indications about what’s working—and what isn’t.
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Cyber Bullying, Panic and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
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