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House to take up budget stopgap that defunds Obamacare

Repealing, or at least delaying, the health care reform law remains a key priority for House Republicans.

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OMB tells agencies to prepare for possible shutdown

Memo from Sylvia Mathews Burwell includes guidance on IT systems, contracts and other key questions.

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Navy Yard Shooter Adhered to ID Protocol to Access Military Bases

Despite misconduct, gunfire arrests and apparent mental illness, Aaron Alexis passed background checks to receive facility and computer credentials.

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Let’s Not Play the PTSD Card in the Navy Yard Shooting

My friends handle their grief with tears, talk and therapy – not automatic weapons.

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Air Force scrambling to protect cyber, other priorities from budget ax

Service eyes reorganization among other strategies to shield its top priorities from spending cuts.

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Facebook and Twitter Access in Iran Was Just a Glitch, for Now

The lack of a filter on Facebook last night was apparently due to technical problems, according to the head of Iran’s filtering and monitoring committee.

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Gold in the data, but a shortage of miners

Universities are graduating only a fraction of the data scientists that federal agencies need.

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The federal funding fail

A look at the history of continuing resolutions, Congress' go-to alternative to passing a budget.

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Alleged Navy Yard Shooter Worked Under Major IT Contract

Aaron Alexis was employed by HP subcontractor on Navy Marine Corps Intranet program.

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The Secret Financial Market Only Robots Can See

Researchers find a new trading ecosystem that humans don't even notice.

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IT Funding Stands Out in Defense Cuts, JCS Vice Chairman Says

IT is at the heart of national security, Winnefeld tells tech conference.

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Consumer bureau's data collection raises congressional hackles

Plans by a financial regulator to collect information on potentially hundreds of millions of credit card and other accounts has House Republicans demanding answers.

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Shooting at Navy's largest system command

Fatalities are confirmed as one or more gunmen open fire at the Navy Yard.

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What not to do with your data

Two new books help map out the danger zones of data visualization, and of the datasets themselves.

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Attendance Triples at Archives Event That Was Forced Online by Sequestration

Virtual genealogy fair proves far more popular -- and cheaper -- than Washington-based onsite version.

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The Law that Gave Us the Modern Internet, and the Campaign to Kill It

Ever heard of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act? It gave birth to the social web. Here's why we need more laws just like it.

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The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers

In 1990, more than 30 percent of computer workers were women. Now it's just 27 percent.