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IG: Health care contractor benefited from sham veteran-owned businesses
Allegations relate to re-pricing VA health claims, a practice investigators said didn’t save money and benefited former insiders.
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Army migrates 500,000 email accounts to DISA
Remaining 900,000 unclassified accounts to follow by March 2013.
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Why everyone is getting hacked these days
Password hacking has gotten better, while our password making has gotten worse.
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White House to agencies: Cut wasteful IT spending, then reinvest in smarter tech
OMB wants to slice 10 percent off tech budgets in 2014 to pay for more profitable IT projects.
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Marissa Mayer picks iPhones over Androids for Yahoo employees
Over ten-thousand employees at the company will receive new iPhones.
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Pentagon to bolster networks and cyberattack capabilities with ‘Plan X’
DARPA will fund tools to streamline and coordinate cyber espionage and other offensive operations.
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VA and Defense drop vendor-specific database requirement for joint pharmacy system
Bidders will no longer have to use First Databank database.
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BYOD on the government’s dime?
Government may pay for part of federal employees’ monthly plans.
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Apple is now the most valuable company of all time
The company beats a record formerly held by Microsoft.
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Army general accused of wasteful spending in IG probe
First GSA, then the VA, now an Army officer allegedly involved in frivolous spending. Who's next?
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At NSA, computers sometimes make the policy calls
The military espionage agency automates the work of complying with privacy laws to more efficiently spy on foreigners.
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Some managers track ‘every detail’ on feds’ computer use
SpectorSoft program allows supervisors to watch workers’ actions ‘like a DVR.’
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Agencies don’t often share tips on potential terrorist activity
A post-Sept. 11 nationwide reporting system remains underused five years after initiation.
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Tech firms seek Internet freedom planks on party platforms
The Telecommunications Industry Association want the two political parties to take official stances on the matter as well.
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Should we cap pay for cartoonists?
John Klossner offers visual barbs on contractor pay, DOD reports.
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New tool helps spot fake federal social media accounts
The federal social media database takes the guessing out of which accounts belong to government agencies.
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Commentary: Navy treatment and AA saved my life -- and career
Memo to TRICARE: Keep care in-house and mandate meetings.
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AA works and it’s free, yet Pentagon snubs the substance abuse program
Defense Department is coping with a surge of drug and alcohol addiction.
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