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NASA turns off GALEX space telescope
Launched in 2003, the telescope was part of an effort to learn more about the evolution of the universe.
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My 4th of July Celebration, 1965
When I awoke aboard the USS Pickaway off the coast of Da Nang, South Vietnam, I thought I was in for a real bang-up celebration.
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Apple’s Web-Based Office Software Will Force Google and Microsoft to Up Their Game
iWork for iCloud hopes to be a web-based app experience that’s as good as a desktop application.
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Troops With Traumatic Brain Injury Show Symptoms 5 Years Later
Long-term TBI study mandated by Congress has been unfunded since 2006.
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State Department Spent $630K to Buy Facebook 'Likes'
Employees thought money was wasted on 'buying fans,' IG found.
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Air Force Deploys Air Tankers to Battle Arizona Forest Fires
All four C-130s will be ready to fly Wednesday.
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We’ll Just Have to Wait for Good News on VA Claims Backlog
The system that crunches claims data is ‘undergoing operational repair.’
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Next-generation polar satellites pass key reviews
The Joint Polar Satellite System's first new satellite -- JPSS-1 -- is on budget and on schedule toward its 2017 launch.
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Interactive Gettysburg: Using Modern Mapping Tools for a New Look at the Historical Battle
Seeing how Gettysburg played out on a map can help us understand why, in the end, it turned out as it did.
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Meet the Hacktivist Who Wants to Warn Syrians About Incoming Missiles
A new service provides an alert system for SCUDs fired by the Syrian government. Assad is already trying to take it down.
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The Number of Times We Could Blow Up the Earth Is Once Again a Secret
How many nukes does the Defense Department have now?
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What Are We Going to Do About GPS Jamming?
The unclassified version of a report on vulnerabilities leaves much to worry about.
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Defense Intel Agency Eyes TurboTax-Type Software to Run Acquisitions
Easy-to-use software may eventually serve entire intel community.
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'Old School' Mindset Inhibits Federal Telework, Report Finds
OPM lays blame on agencies for not handing in telework program data.
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Q and A: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing City Government
Harvard Professor Stephen Goldsmith wants to build a market for municipal data analytics.
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Feds and the Fifth Amendment
FCW readers are split on whether federal employees should be fired for invoking Constitutional rights.
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The Troubling Data Behind America's Growing Wildfires
Fires are getting bigger and often deadlier.
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Can DIA become the Defense Innovation Agency?
The Defense Intelligence Agency wants to be an innovation leader in the government, and it is overcoming old habits to do so.
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19 Firefighters Reported Dead in Arizona Wildfire
The fire is currently at zero containment.
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