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DHS Buys a $95 Million IT System to Improve Employee Skills

The talent management platform will analyze and develop skills for 250,000 feds.

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Larry Ellison, NSA Database Supplier, Approves of NSA Surveillance

Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle, appeared on an interview with CBS.

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Get Ready for More Nights Without Power

Ten years after the 2003 meltdown, weather-related outages are on the rise.

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Udall floats plan to streamline tech transfer

Sen. Tom Udall, whose state is home to the Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, is proposing a plan to speed the commercial use of technology developed under government auspices.

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Army Iraq Vets Plan 2,700-Mile Trek to Reflect

Milwaukee-L.A. hike also aims to raise awareness of PTSD and other vet issues.

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What will big data disrupt in five years?

Examples of big data in government abound, and that's just the beginning.

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Personalized e-gov portal moves closer to launch

Administration wants to collect personal information to make government portal more like e-commerce.

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How Censorship Hurts Chinese Internet Companies

Beijing's block of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter has allowed domestic equivalents to grow. But by shunning global markets, their long-term outlook is uncertain.

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NASA seeks new projects for malfunctioning Kepler

NASA is seeking alternative plans in case a fix isn't possible for the Kepler space telescope's malfunctioning reaction wheels.

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Study: Tweets Can Foretell Votes

The key measure was a candidate's "tweet share," the percentage of total tweets about a race that mention them.

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Meet the Anti-Snowden

An ex-SEAL's firm is caught between privacy and security.

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The Long Haul for New PTSD/TBI Research Projects

Initiatives may take more time than vets struggling with these conditions have to spare.

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Military Education Falls Short on Cybersecurity Training

Military leaders aren't graduating with a full understanding of the cyber threat landscape, report finds.

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Photos: This Solar Powered Wheelchair Gives the Disabled a Chance to Swim in the Ocean

The Seatrac can operate up to 30 times a day on solar power alone.

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Commentary: The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet

Technology companies have to fight for their users, or they'll eventually lose them.

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Big data success starts with science

Tips: Don't sweat the answers until you've figured out the questions. Don't buy the technology until you've hired the scientists.

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Presidential Management Fellows Recruiting Goes Virtual

Online career fairs save money and are more convenient.

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13 Little Things NASA Did to Get Alan Shepard Ready for Space

Bacon, an early bedtime, and a few tattoos to mark where the electrodes go