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Forget Big Data: The Future Is Small Data, and Facebook Just Bought It
Facebook's plan for getting the rest of the world online.
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Worried About Someone’s Health? Connect Their Dog to the Internet
A detailed log of a dog’s behavior could be an early warning system for its owner's health.
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U.S. Faults Operator of Texas Explosion Site
Feds pursuing nearly $120,000 in penalties related to West, Texas, explosion.
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Voyager mission a long-lasting IT success
After more than 30 years, Voyager 1 has left the solar system, still transmitting useful data thanks to long-ago prescient IT choices.
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Bioterrorism Fear Led Scientists to Withhold Botulinum Toxin Info
Researchers gauge benefits and risks of publishing data that could be used for public good or to spread terror.
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Who's to Blame When IT Systems Fail?
Lawmakers want to simplify lines of responsibility by redefining the role of federal chief information officers.
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Your essential catch-up of the week's news
Government shutdown week 2; NSA legislation; and a real-life Iron Man.
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Commentary: Where Have All the Luddites Gone?
Despite serious problems with HealthCare.gov, parts of government have transformed from IT backwaters to models of innovation.
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House panel demands health exchange answers
Following the rocky launch of HealthCare.gov, administration officials and contractors are under fire from Congress.
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Indian IT Outsourcing Giant Infosys Stung by U.S. Immigration Morass
H-1B visas that companies like Infosys rely on have become contentious.
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Health Exchange Website Failures Were Both Predicted and Predictable
And that’s why the administration’s bungling of HealthCare.gov is so baffling.
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Vets and Widows Blast VA Over Toxic Pain Killer Prescriptions
Opioids are addictive and deadly.
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I Just Don’t Get This Shutdown
What will these folks go after next – vegetables, puppies, kittens?
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Obamacare Contractors Were Big Campaign Donors
Companies working on the health care reform law also spent heavily on lobbying, transparency group says.
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Want Obamacare? Try the Phone
As technical problems continue at HealthCare.gov, officials suggest registering by phone.
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Private sector could bridge satellite gap
NOAA is considering commercial satellite providers as one of several options to keep weather data flowing during a potential three-year gap in the government's satellite coverage.
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VFW ‘Disgusted’ With White House and Congress
I hope the right people get the message.
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Los Alamos, Sandia Labs Prepare to Shut Down Amid Budget Impasse
Most of the labs' 18,000 employees are at risk of being furloughed.
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If Shutdown Persists, VA Will Cut Off Claims Payments to Vets on Nov. 1
Claims staff will be cut from 20,000 to 1,500.
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