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Congressional Picks for DHS Head Include Backers of Mass Surveillance
Names floated include lawmakers, a former New York Police Department commissioner and a former Coast Guard commandant.
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How Much Is the Air Force Support Contract With Microsoft Worth?
This is not a military secret.
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Intelligence Community Backs Off Information Sharing
Alternative to a common IT environment will allow officials to remain within an agency’s “native domain.”
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Are Microsoft's Government Search Days Numbered?
GSA considers new vendors for USASearch.
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Competitive Video Gamers Can Now Get Visas to 'Work' in the U.S.
Immigration and Citizenship Services is granting gamers visas normally reserved for professional athletes.
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NIST delivers long-sought standards for iris recognition
New guidelines for identity verification also cover on-card fingerprint recognition.
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Naval Academy Hits the LEGO Yellow Brick Road to Teach Weapons Control Design
Midshipmen will use smart bricks to learn about sensors and unmanned systems.
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How machine learning changes the game
What do video surveillance, speech recognition and autonomous vehicles have in common? They're all getting better amazingly quickly -- and needing less and less human help to do so.
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Agile software: Stand and deliver
Why agile software development techniques are disrupting federal IT for the better
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Iris Recognition Specs for DHS Employee IDs Are No Longer Hypothetical
NIST has finalized guidelines for exchanging eye images between cameras and card readers.
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How far is too far for agile developers?
FCW's cartoonist has a thought on what it takes to succeed.
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When Urban Security Cameras Actually Save Lives
Report says cameras in taxi cabs help curb driver homicides.
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Say hello to your new robot overlords
DARPA, Boston Dynamics unveil new "humanoid" shell for next robotics challenge.
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Here's Everything Microsoft Is Letting the Government See
NSA has privileged access to Outlook, SkyDrive and Skype.
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Your essential catch-up on the week's news
Furloughs, mobility and transparency frustrations.
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China Loves the Navy’s GPS Landing System (and its Slide Decks)
A 2013 paper from China’s Naval University of Engineering includes a graphic used by the U.S. Navy in 2010.
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Unmanned Aircraft Aborted Its Third Carrier Landing Attempt Following Computer Failure
The Navy’s X-47B was the first drone to make an arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier.
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DOD, VA officials defend progress in rare joint hearing
Lawmakers remain skeptical of agencies' work on shared electronic health records.
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Mastermind of 9/11 Attacks Designed a Vacuum Cleaner From His CIA Prison
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, captured in 2003, was allowed to spend time designing a new appliance.
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