Digital Government

Syria's Internet Is Offline Again

For the second time in as many weeks, the Internet usage in Syria disappeared mysteriously.

Digital Government

How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach

The promise of delinking research and development from the actual manufacture of drugs, and why the pharmaceutical industry rejects an idea that could turn neglected diseases into profit.

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Data Center Consolidation Savings ‘Minimal’ So Far

The government has kept insufficient metrics on savings and is unlikely to meet its goal of $3 billion in savings by 2015.

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IRS Officials Breached Trust. Did They Also Breach Data?

Agency personnel might have exploited information collected when vetting conservative groups, lawmakers say.

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GSA to provide help choosing between contracts

A forthcoming Web-based tool will help agencies navigate the increasingly tangled knot of IT contracts.

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Demand for IT Grads Is Driving Up Supply, Study Finds

IT-related bachelors degrees and associates degrees up 9% and 16%, respectively.

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Commentary: If Drones Are Illegal, Then Only Criminals Will Use Them

Drones may be used to replace "mules" in the drug business.

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A new approach to oversight

FCW cartoonist John Klossner's take on congressional panels.

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Intel Research Arm Wants to Tap 'Media in the Wild' for Facial Recognition

You need a decoder ring to find out where facial recognition conference will take place.

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Telework Honor Roll

Six federal agencies and one state agency are recognized for allowing workers mobility.

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East Coast 'Well Protected' Without Proposed Antimissile Site, Official Says

The country has 30 silo-based ballistic missile interceptors, and 14 more slated for deployment.

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FEMA Ramps Up Telework, Mobility

Agency strives for less office space, but better office space.

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Parsing the VA debate

Executive Editor Troy K. Schneider discusses the reader comments to our story on IT troubles at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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The New SARS-Like Virus Has a French Connection, and It Spreads in a Hospital

Infected French man was traveling from Dubai, where no cases of the disease have even been reported.

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A Live Map of the Manic Ways People Edit Wikipedia

The edits come so quickly from across the globe that you'd best screen-grab this addicting liveWikipedia Recent Changes Map if you want to keep track of them.

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What's Your City Watching on YouTube?

The Trends Map displays viewing and sharing behavior among registered users on the YouTube Dashboard within the past 12-to-24 hours.