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Pentagon Awarded Contracts Worth $6.3 Billion During Shutdown
Defense pumped out 95 contracts while most government work was suspended.
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11 Noteworthy Health Care Apps
Applications that can help patients in almost every aspect of the medical process.
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FBI Investigates Laser Pointer Attacks on Airline Pilots
Pilots at New York City's LaGuardia airport were temporarily blinded.
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Obama: HealthCare.gov’s Product Is Good but the Cash Register’s Malfunctioning
The White House has recruited a tiger team to fix the ailing online health insurance marketplace.
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CIOs May Struggle to Keep IT Staff on Board Next Year
Another challenge to retaining the federal tech workforce: industrywide antsiness.
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The Sunny Side of Mass Surveillance
New Oakland hub will collect and analyze data from around the city -- including social media monitoring.
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Cyber Civil Servants Knock on Industry’s Door after Shutdown
Recruiters are taking more calls from feds who could face another furlough in January.
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Dan Houston: Stamp of approval at USPS
This Rising Star manages 3,300 databases for the Postal Service, crunching 22 petabytes (and counting) of data.
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Public Sentiment on HealthCare.gov Takes a Nosedive
There have been significantly more negative tweets about the online marketplace than positive ones since it launched.
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Pulled Source Code Explained, ‘Glitches Happen' and Other Obamacare News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
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Private-Sector IT Pros to See 5.6 Percent Average Pay Boost in 2014
Pay estimates could sting for fed tech workers just returning from furlough.
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On Mars, it's as if the shutdown never happened
NASA kept its rover Curiosity on course during the shutdown. Plus: NOAA assesses impact on satellite programs.
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GOP Wants Sebelius Fired Over Glitch-filled Launch of HealthCare.gov
The White House has said it has no plans to get rid of the HHS secretary.
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Your essential catch-up of the week's news
Returning from the shutdown, what's wrong with Healthcare.gov, and a film review.
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Did Politics Help Cause HealthCare.gov Failures?
Partisan rancor and heightened scrutiny may have caused less efficient site development.
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Lawmakers, DHS Weigh How to Secure Ports Most Vulnerable to WMDs
Homeland Security lacks a presence in about half of the ports considered high risk.
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Missing Source Code, Poor Search Tools Plague Obamacare Website
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
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Telework Now Offered by 88 Percent of Organizations
Mobility increasing at most workplaces, despite a few visible defectors, including HP, Best Buy and Yahoo!
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