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Coburn criticizes DOD as 'Department of Everything'
The Defense Department spends money on making beef jerky, analyzing Twitter users and developing fun iPhone apps, senator charges.
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Pentagon taps SAIC to build unmanned submarine-spying sea vessel
Firm nabs three-year, $58 million contract.
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Pentagon to beef up space surveillance in Australia
Defense will install an advanced radar and telescope there to track space objects.
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Expect IT consolidation, cost cutting during Obama’s second term
CIOs hope to trim costs through smarter contracts, shared services and cloud.
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Veterans Affairs broadens view of mobile devices
Department wants to expand viewing of EHR images beyond iPads.
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Cybersecurity workforce challenges defy easy answers
Advisory council report oversimplifies the issues, industry official says.
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Obama directive would allow preemptive cyber strikes
October secret policy makes a distinction between ‘network defense’ and ‘cyber operations,’ report says.
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Whistleblower protection improvement passes Congress
Senator who led the charge for legislation to expand protections for employees who report waste, fraud and abuse sees it pass on the eve of his retirement.
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Nokia Maps for iPhone has (almost) everything Apple Maps doesn't
Nokia will release it's mobile mapping app, called Here, in the next few weeks
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State CIOs aim to consolidate data centers, move to the cloud
State priorities largely mirror federal technology priorities.
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Today is the release day for a video game featuring David Petraeus
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 includes a "real-life-hero-turned-futuristic-video-game-politician."
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Top 10 health IT hazards for 2013
Errors in electronic records can multiply the effects of problems.
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The places where America's drones are striking, now on Instagram
The rural pockets of Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan have never felt so close and so far away
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Program aims to help young feds develop professionally
Government-industry partnership fosters collaboration skills.
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The role of health professionals in detainee interrogation
A teenager tortured at Guantanamo, and the stalled legislation to ensure clinicians "first, do no harm"
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