Digital Government
Documents show Treasury employee misconduct, IG's response
A FOIA request revealed misconduct including inappropriate corporate gifts, claims of favortism and seeking illegal favors, according to published reports.
Digital Government
Big data: How much is enough?
Everybody's talking about big data, but is it possible to have too much of a good thing? GSA's acting administrator thinks it might just be.
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Pentagon bulks up missile defenses in the Persian Gulf
A secret missile defense radar station in Qatar is in the works.
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Cybersecurity bill nears Senate vote
A bi-partisian cybersecurity bill could be voted on soon, but its sponsors are working to change some sections first.
Digital Government
What does your tattoo say about you? The FBI wants to know.
The bureau is seeking technology that would help interpret the meaning of body art.
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What the Internet actually looks like
A visual rendering of the infrastructure of the Internet
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FDA investigates how confidential files went public
Documents are related to surveillance operation against its scientists.
Digital Government
Syria's chemical weapons: A perfect storm?
Ironically, Assad’s strong hold on power has so far staved off a potential disaster.
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Americans overwhelmingly favor major defense cuts
Memo to DOD: Don't count on public support for avoiding budget cuts. Majorities of both parties favor DOD cuts, although they differ on just how much and exactly which programs should get trimmed, survey suggests.
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DOD IG's Twitter followers to get early alerts
If you want to be the first to get alerts to new DOD IG reports, you'd better sign up for Twitter.
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Energy pays big tech firms to speed creation of extreme supercomputer
The race is on to design machines that can keep pace with big data.
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U.S. deploys sea drones in Persian Gulf to clear Iranian mines
Navy bought devices on urgent request.
Digital Government
Half of agency websites are using an updated Internet address system
All government sites will be IPv6 compliant by September.
Digital Government
Feds significantly expand the use of iris-recognition technology
Biometric data to be used to catch criminals, verify identities of government employees and possibly travelers.
Digital Government
Privacy code of conduct initiative off to a messy start
Much of the day-long session was spent focusing on process and how to get to the work of actually drafting industry guidelines.
Digital Government
Tech acquisition aims to boost geospatial intelligence offerings
Software maker TerraGo buys Geosemble Technologies; both backed by In-Q-Tel.
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U.S. officials seize 70 websites
The sites allegedly offered counterfeit merchandise.
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