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Forest Service Fights Massive Colorado Fire With its Largest Airtankers
Colorado Guard and Fort Carson units deploy firefighting helicopters.
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Op-Ed: Open Data Is Re-Defining Government in the 21st Century
The emerging digital collaboration between the public sector and entrepreneurs could transform the economy.
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Why Edward Snowden's Education Matters Very Little
Motives and ethics are more important in the hunt for tech workers, one analyst says.
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Davis to feds: Don't dodge the big decisions
Former congressman joins FAS' Davie to discuss IT and budget challenges for agency IT managers.
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Why Your Metadata Is Your Every Move
The National Security Agency is collecting more than just what's on the phone bill.
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Analysis: Secret Intelligence Court Hardly Ever Says No
Judge says the court can't block privacy group's FOIA.
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USPS goes all-in on agile development
Three years after the first pilot, the Postal Service has delivered more than 50 projects using agile methodologies.
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The Biggest Threat to the Economy Could Come From Outer Space
A repeat of an 1859 geomagnetic storm could cost 10 to 20 times as much as Hurricane Katrina.
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Contractor Work on $2 Billion NSA Computer Compounds Is Kept Quiet
Construction crews are speeding toward completion of a mammoth data center in Utah and computing facility in Maryland.
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VA Reaches ‘Tipping Point’ in Processing Backlogged Disability Claims
Department reduced pending claims by 74,000 since March.
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Senator Slams Pentagon for Its Electronic Health Record Strategy
Patty Murray says the ‘best option’ would be an open source system with VA.
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Pentagon Will Soon Count Contractors – At a Cost
Defense comptroller does not specify how high the price-tag will be.
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Intel showcases big data efforts
Technology firm's initiatives hint at efficiency gains available to agencies.
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Drone Builders Prepare to Create Immigration Reform’s Lucrative Border Panopticon
Congress is moving toward a more drone-based border system.
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This Month's Other Crucial Privacy Debate: The Rocky Future of Arrestee DNA Collection
The ruling is poised to have broad legal implications, since 28 states have a similar law that permits DNA collection upon arrest.
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Why Should We Even Care If the Government Is Collecting Our Data?
Kafka, not Orwell, can help us understand the problems of digitized mass surveillance, argues legal scholar Daniel J. Solove.
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Google, Facebook to DOJ: Let Us Publish the Number of FISA Requests You Make
FISA requests currently come with gag orders.
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Analysis: Government’s Vast Lockers of Data Threaten Basic Individual Freedoms
Freedom is a joke when a life's history resides forever in a vast database.
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What the NSA can't do with your data (probably)
Data mining experts explain what predictive analytics on a massive scale would entail.
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