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Can Drones Be Known for More Than Causing Death?
Some can do search, rescue, and recovery operations—and pizza delivery.
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Well Done, VA Blogger Alex Horton
The former Army grunt is living proof the GI bill works.
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Defense Protests White Sands Wind-Power Line on National Security Grounds
Pentagon suggests SunZia bury 35 miles of line at a cost of $350 million.
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State Department May Give Embassy Drone Surveillance Another Shot
Officials cancelled an earlier bid for the aircraft, but they've scaled back requirements in a new notice to contractors.
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Proof That Geographic Data Really Should Be Free
New York City and California have begun to offer up their GIS files to anyone who wants them, and early results are amazing.
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Leadership of intell review group remains unclear
A high-level group of independent experts will review federal intelligence and communications technologies as a step in advancing the debate over U.S. surveillance activities, but who will lead the group and determine its membership remains unclear.
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Contractors who tell don't have same protections as feds
Though the number of federal contractors has grown significantly over the past decade, examples of whistleblowing contractors are extraordinarily rare, and they don't enjoy the same protections as federal employees.
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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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Sequester Shutters System for Tracking Threats from Outer Space
Air Force eyes a $2 billion replacement fence, subject to Pentagon review.
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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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