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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.

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State Department Asks Defense Distributed to Take Down Its 3D-Printed Gun Plans

State regulates the export of technology that can be used to create weapons.

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Who Wants a Nondeployable Helicopter?

Not the Army.

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Hagel Presses Air Force for Details on Discipline of Nuclear Missile Staffers

The 17 officers could return to their posts in 60 days.

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Are Tech Gadgets Killing Workplace Etiquette?

Majority of CIOs in new survey say they are.

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Oversight leader blasts OPM for outdated IT tools

House subcommittee seeks answers as GAO report warns OPM is not 'improving or replacing the legacy systems that support retirement processing.'

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White House Orders Agencies to Follow New Open Data Standards

The new directive requires machine-readable formats for all new government datasets.

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How Much Do Automated License Plate Readers Know About You?

System lets law enforcement create a robust picture of your life and what you do.

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Operation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA's Would-Be Cat Spy

The Cold War, a spy agency and many misadventures.

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Executive order makes open data the new normal

Under an executive order, civilian agencies must produce data in open, machine-readable form to promote public access and commercial use.

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Auditors Tell Congress to Halt Maritime Worker Biometric ID Rules

Testing to ensure control over employee access to secure locations was flawed, GAO reports.

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Commercial Radios Are Better, Cheaper Than JTRS, Army Official Says

That's good or bad news if you're a radio-making contractor.

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VA Says it Deferred 2012 Bonuses for Some Health Execs

The deferrals are in addition to an earlier announcement cancelling bonuses in the department’s benefits arm.

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Hospital billing data release grabs headlines

The data set reveals a wide variance in hospital billings for similar services.

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Commentary: The Diminishing Returns of Big-Data Campaigning

What if we were wrong about the Obama campaign’s technological advantage?