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16 days and counting: A sequester status check

There are ways to still avoid across-the-board cuts at agencies, but the politics are daunting.

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Raytheon's 'Google for Spies' Tracks You from Social-Media Sharing — and Fast

Program culls information from Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla.

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What We Know About North Korea's Nuclear Test

The U.S. and other nations have denounced the test.

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DHS Releases Career Guidance for IT Professionals

Homeland Security CIO Richard Spires aims to help people make better career decisions.

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Obama to host second 'fireside hangout' after speech

Want to ask the president a question? Submit yours by Feb. 13 and he may answer it on a Google+ event following the State of the Union address.

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Responsive design: Planning for future-friendly websites

A new design technique allows developers to design one website that adjusts to a variety of mobile platforms.

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'Shooting Therapy' Did Not Kill Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

Reintroducing patients with PTSD to whatever triggers their symptoms -- gradually, in a clinical setting -- can be effective. Veterans Chris Kyle and Eddie Ray Routh were not at a shooting range as part of exposure therapy on the day Routh killed Kyle.

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Is a 1 Percent Pay Raise Enough?

Even with the pay freeze lifted, if could still be hard to keep pace with private sector IT salaries.

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New York's Real-Time Snow Plow Map to Get its First Major Test This Weekend

With a foot of snow in New York City all but assured by Saturday morning, PlowNYC is about to hit the big time.

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Did Bing Just Reveal the Location of the Secret Saudi Drone Base?

The base's hangars bear a remarkable resemblance to similar structures on other American drone outposts.

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What will measure the success of RFP-EZ?

The creation of the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, RFP-EZ is intended to make procurement easier. How will we know if it's working?

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Virginia senators fear sequester

Government contractors will bear the brunt of budget cuts fallout, says Sen. Mark Warner.

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Agencies Will Shutter Nearly 400 Data Centers Before October

Officials have closed 38 centers over the past two months.

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Traffic Congestion Report Offers One More Reason to Telework

Washington tops list of most congested cities.

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How to do Hadoop

The Conversation: Our responses to your questions and comments.

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A question of word choice

The Conversation: Our responses to your questions and comments.

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Government Culture Inhibits Shared Services

The will and technology are there but silos and limited risk tolerance are a hindrance, CIO Council official says.

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John Brennan’s Love-Hate Relationship With Drones

The CIA nominee wants to dump the drones program on the Pentagon, but Defense nominee Chuck Hagel won't be happy about that.

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Crowdsourcing the weather

NOAA's mobile app allows users to report precipitation in real time to improve forecasts.

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Iran's Stealth Fighter is Probably an Elaborate Fraud

Experts believe that the Iranian jet is hardly the aeronautical breakthrough the Islamic Republic wants the world to think it is.