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Foundation Offers Scholarships to Turn Vets Into Cyberwarriors
Military veterans are often equipped to help fill the cybersecurity shortage with just a little additional training.
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Video: The 'Google Earth' of 3D Brain Maps is Here
"Big Brain" is the first high-res, 3D digital model of the human brain.
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Can Silicon Valley Stand Up to Washington?
A response to the NSA surveillance program has been arduous.
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Ex-Government Official: The Private Sector Is Threatening Your Privacy
Are data-mining companies and social-media platforms scarier than the government?
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Op-ed: Hagel's Gospel on Defending Networks
The Pentagon is pouring money into cybersecurity, but how that will work is another thing entirely.
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Your essential catch-up on the week's news
Edward Snowden, hard-to-fill vacancies and an XBox reversal
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By Helping Others, Vets Can Save Themselves
Grass roots service organizations are giving some veterans renewed purpose.
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Surprise: Security not BYOD's biggest hurdle
In the Defense Department at least, there are barriers to personnel using their own devices that are thornier than security.
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Six Agencies You Don't Want to Work For if You're a High Performer
Only four in 10 federal employees believe they will be rewarded for high-quality work.
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VA Clears Nearly All Of Its Oldest Disability Claims
Crash project eliminates 97 percent of claims that had languished more than two years.
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The Government Is Spying on America with Drones, Too
FBI director Robert Mueller said the government has used surveillance drones in the U.S. — though "in a very, very minimal way."
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DARPA contest seeks better use of crowded spectrum
Divided into two tracks to test competition and collaboration, DARPA's Spectrum Challenge is heading for September semi-finals.
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Can big data really save billions?
A reader questions the dollar figures in a recent article about big data's potential benefits.
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Senate Champion of NSA's Mammoth Data Center Is Now Silent
Republican Orrin Hatch welcomed the $1.2 billion Utah complex as a tool to protect computer systems from cyber threats, but its role is actually much broader.
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Fed Spectrum Sharing and Wi-Fi
Commercial wireless carriers have already found spectrum.
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VA Integrates Electronic Systems to Speed Claims Processing
Combining the eBenefits portal with the Veterans Benefits Management System could help reduce the backlog.
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Congress demands progress on advanced ID cards
Twelve years after a presidential directive called for identification cards incorporating biometrics, federal efforts have lagged.
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NSA Targets Systems Admins to Prevent Snowden-Type Leaks
One idea partners workers with top-secret clearance before they access classified docs.
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Which Tech Company Does the NSA Use Most?
By sheer numbers alone, the government asks the most of Microsoft.
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