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VA Processes Some Post-9/11 GI Bill Claims Manually Despite $263 Million IT Investment
System lacks easy to portal to help vets track claims.
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Video: Russian Meteor Was the Biggest in a Century
At least that's what the early data suggests.
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The FDA Just Approved a Bionic Eye that Lets Blind People See
The device uses a video camera attached to a pair of glasses that communicate with electrodes implanted in the retina.
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Lawmakers Set to Grill Defense, VA on Health Records U-Turn
House Veterans’ Affairs panel schedules a hearing on decision to abandon integrated system.
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Toward the Treatment of Alzheimer's With Electrical Shocks to the Brain
Deep brain stimulation, currently used to treat tremors, may one day be able to preserve and restore memories.
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Video Blogger Grills Obama on Transparency
Leaked guidelines on drone strikes prompt tough questioning on Google hangout.
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Nuclear Negotiations with Iran Fail... Again
Herman Nackaerts of the IAEA arrived in Vienna this morning to report that no progress had been made on an agreement to inspect Iran's nuclear energy sites.
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Google Flu Trends Wildly Overestimated This Year's Flu Outbreak
A huge discrepancy occurred between Google Flu Trend and data collected by the CDC.
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Latest high-risk list adds two entries
While two items fell off the list in its latest iteration, dozens of areas have been listed for a decade or more.
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FBI Probes Possible NASA Delivery of Antimissile Data to China, Other Nations
Allegations of illegal technology transfer are under review, lawmakers say.
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You Don’t Want Big Data to Pick Your Valentine
Algorithms on most dating sites are fundamentally flawed from the outset.
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Parsing Silver's meaning
The Conversation: Our responses to your questions and comments.
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The 10 'Sticky States' Where Feds Will Have Trouble Recruiting IT Talent
If you want to hire skilled techies, head South.
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An Optimistic Era for Global Infectious Disease Control
The newly appointed director of the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria believes international health efforts are at the cusp of containing these epidemics.
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National Library of Medicine Seeks User Data from Social Media
Officials want to know how people use data during emergencies and push information more effectively.
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DOD Aims to Shield Nuke Operations From Budget Cuts
Administration officials say U.S. nuclear weapons operations are a national priority.
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Analytics guru Nate Silver offers advice for agencies
Silver's big-data rule number one: 'Don't become too enamored with computers.'
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Pentagon officials push back on the Hill
DOD's Ashton Carter warns that a new national defense strategy might be needed if sequestration takes effect.
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Why North Korea's Nuclear Program Can't Be Stopped
The world can't negotiate with North Korea, because the world doesn't have anything North Korea wants.
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