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Why the S in STEM Is Overrated
Government and college officials love to sing the praises of scientists. How do they explain why so many young science majors are so poorly paid?
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Internal review finds FirstNet followed transparency rules
Complaint centered on e-mail threads and conference calls among directors that a board member believed should have been announced by public notice and included in the public record.
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49% of the Links Cited in Supreme Court Decisions Are Broken
The flip side of an Internet that is always growing is an Internet that is always changing.
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Army Awards Biomass Contracts Under $7 Billion Green Energy Push
Service previously awarded geothermal, solar and wind contracts.
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Commentary: How Drones Can Help
Unmanned but not unpiloted, UAVs offer benefits that are waiting for policy to catch up.
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4 goals for fiscal 2014
Not all the news since last October has been bad, but everyone in federal IT just endured 12 straight months of meat-cleaver spending cuts, multiple shutdown threats and the severe restrictions on strategic planning that come with continuing resolutions.
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Satellite launch delay extends time with no backup
A six-month launch delay for NOAA's next-generation geostationary satellites could mean the agency will violate its policy of always having a backup weather satellite in orbit.
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Q&A: Author Says Pentagon Underreported Nuclear-Weapon Accidents
Eric Schlosser worries there's not enough public awareness about the danger such weapons still pose.
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The End of Party Balloons – and Computer Chips
National helium reserve dissolves on Oct. 1, unless Congress saves it.
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Senator Wants MIT to Study Pentagon-Opposed Power Line at White Sands
Heinrich asks if military could adapt missile range tests.
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What to Know About the Drug-Resistant Superbugs That Killed 23,000 Last Year
A Q&A with a CDC scientist.
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Obamacare on track despite IT hiccups
The federal health insurance exchanges are miscalculating some premium costs, but an Oct. 1 launch is still expected.
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Staffing Shortages Keep IT Executives Awake at Night
Survey shows tech leaders worry about regulatory compliance and security.
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Independent Review of NSA Surveillance May Not Be 'Independent'
Panel called 'an arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.'
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BlackBerry Postpones Launch of Messaging System
Delay comes after company announced steep losses and job cuts.
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BlackBerry Ends Terrible Week With Mass Layoff
Latest iPhone had customers lining up for hours, as BlackBerry made some brutal news.
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Lawmakers uncomfortable with China solution for satellite gap
Citing China's hostility to the United States, subcommittee chairmen urge other solutions.
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DATA Act gains Senate ally
Sen. Mark Warner is pitching the DATA Act as an essential piece of infrastructure to support a rational accounting of federal spending.
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Navy Yard Responders Say Rescue Was Hampered by Bad Radios
Radios reportedly weren't powerful enough to reach transmitters outside the building.
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