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GSA Launches Reverse Auction Site
Reverse auctions have saved agencies 17 percent on some past purchases.
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Why College Students Make Better Decisions Than Intelligence Agents
Science says collegians make the more rational decisions. Really.
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Analysis: The State Department Isn't Great at the Internet
The department's Bureau of International Information Programs' focuses too much on getting Facebook likes, according to the Inspector General.
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Obama’s Case for the Benefits of Big Brother Government
The President touts the government's use of big data.
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Snail mail offers no escape from monitoring
The USPS tracks mail for law enforcement, suggesting another massive database project for an agency already deep into supercomputer-powered analytics.
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White House trims 2013 deficit forecast
Heading into fiscal 2014 budget talks, the Obama administration is projecting lower deficits and lower unemployment than previously forecast for 2013.
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How new open-data policies enable start-up's business model
Govini sees an opportunity in the explosion of government contracting and finance data.
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Commerce Trashes $170,000 Worth of Tech to Disinfect Imaginary Viruses
IG: Computer Incident Response Team member assigned to handle the perceived malware wasn't trained, lacked critical skills.
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TSA Blacks Out ‘Mission’ of $56 Million Sole-Source Contract Without Cause
IT deal is for Federal Air Marshal support, other fed websites reveal.
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How to Perform a Head Transplant
Just because you shouldn't do something doesn't mean you can't.
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Technology Is at the Heart of Obama’s Second-Term Management Agenda
President pledges aggressive pursuit of innovation and accountability.
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Everything Gmail Knows About You and Your Friends
MIT project analyzes metadata to show the connections and information Google sees.
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Should Congress Telework?
Bill would let members of Congress participate in hearings and cast some votes remotely.
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Medicare incentives speed adoption of electronic health records
A report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology finds 'substantial growth' in EHR use.
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NIST seeks input on security guide
A new NIST publication will seek to improve communication between computer security response teams.
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How to Lead a Team to Greatness, From the Man Who Sequenced the Human Genome
The formula for getting big things done in government according to NIH Director Francis Collins.
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Here’s the Building Where the PRISM of France Is Storing All its Citizens’ Data
France's Intelligence Agency's headquarters can be seen on Google Maps.
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Your essential catch-up of the week's news
Contractor compensation, the NGEN contract and advice from the private sector.
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