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Shutdown Shuts Out Foreign Employees
Labor Dept.'s iCert Portal isn't accepting applications that are required for H-1B visas.
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6 questions for IBM, Amazon and the CIA
Arguments have begun in the Amazon Web Services-IBM dispute over the CIA's cloud services contract.
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Obamacare Software Failures Confirmed
Healthcare.gov gets coding touch-ups after bugs and glitches in its first week.
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Big data is big loser in priorities survey
More than half of government IT leaders expect no increase spending on big data in 2014, survey reveals.
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The FBI Plans to Sell What Could Be Millions of Dollars in Bitcoins
The size of the Silk Road seizure of the alternative currency has yet to be determined.
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Pentagon Seeks to Design Virus-Fighting Protein 'Cocktails'
'Monoclonal antibodies' could protect against Ebola and 'alphaviruses,' such as Venezuelan equine encephalitis.
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Lawmaker Blasts Shutdown of DHS Chemical-Security Program
Industry site visits have been suspended indefinitely.
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When standardizing data is not enough
A DOD instruction to make information more shareable and accessible has a serious limitation.
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Congress moves on back pay
Furloughed federal workers assured they will get paid once furloughs end.
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Why Cutting Science Funding Would 'Break' Cancer Research
Author Siddhartha Mukherjee and others call the budget situation in Washington 'depressing.'
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3 great agency apps
Apps track agency status, help treat PTSD and allows you to improve the science of weather forecasting.
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A ‘Large Number’ of DISA Civilians Are Furloughed
The Defense agency declined to provide specific data about workers’ shutdown status.
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Stark Insight Into the Meaning of ‘Essential’ at Commerce
Furloughs hit 99.8 percent at Census, just more than half at NOAA.
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Shutdown Torpedoes VA Efforts to Cut Claims Backlog
The department will no longer be able to support overtime for staff coping with the deluge of disability claims.
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Despite Practical and Privacy Concerns, Doctors See Potential in Google Glass
The technology could improve contact among doctors and specialists and help train medical students.
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Shutdown May Further Delay Nuclear Power Plant Approvals
Delays will set in if shutdown doesn't lift by Friday, officials say.
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Bad News for Lawyers: GAO Won’t Handle Protests During the Shutdown
The vast majority of the watchdog's personnel have been furloughed.
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Fed Shutdown Hampers Inspections of Biothreat Labs
Facilities that research dangerous diseases for which there are no remedies will not be routinely examined, CDC says.
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Major IT Problems Loom if Shutdown Drags On
Extended furloughs will depress an already demoralized technology workforce.
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