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What it means to be free: Groups clash over how to ensure open Internet
Recent declaration spawns reaction from Congress.
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In past four years, universities began preserving the web
But while home pages are being archived, social media collections lag.
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Bill would make bills single-minded
Sen. Rand Paul would like to end the practice of piggybacking legislation.
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Accountability Board to soon welcome new chair
A defense official will chair the federal transparency and spending board.
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4 crucial steps to manage data
Before you can develop strategies to manage data retention, you have to know what you have and where it is, writes columnist Jim McGann.
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Legislation spends money to save money
Number crunching by the congressional agency charged with reviewing congressional budgets reveals legislation to eliminate duplication comes with a price tag.
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Navy signs $700 million software licensing deal with Microsoft
The pact will save money through economies of scale.
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Pentagon seeks to expand Afghan drone operations
The military wants to reprogram $94.2 million to expand the use of ScanEagle aircraft.
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Illegal software export helped China develop its first attack helicopter
U.S. military contractor’s Canadian subsidiary took a calculated risk, documents show.
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Air Force firefighting C-130s return to duty
Interagency center predicts 'above normal significant fire potential' in Colorado and Wyoming.
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Agencies should publish lists of all their data, group says
Sunlight Foundation is developing a best practices guide for government transparency.
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Inside the bureaucracy that crippled Microsoft
Recently obtained emails reveal the top-down company culture that stifled innovation.
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Video: How drones misidentify targets; a retired general speaks
He warns that their operators lack important context, and gives a chilling example from the field.
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Pentagon taking snail mail into the digital era
DOD turns paper and ink into binary code for efficiency.
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In report, Twitter lists zero cases where it has removed content in response to government requests
But requests from copyright-holders resulted in the deletion of more than 5,000 tweets.
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Arlington Cemetery developing smartphone app
Visitors to Arlington Cemetery will soon have a virtual tour app to show them around.
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Defense idles firefighting C-130s following crash
The aircraft are equipped to fight wildfires in support of the Forest Service.
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This declaration of Internet freedom is vague
At fewer than 100 words, the declaration's length seems itself to be an attack on the anti-Internet contingent.
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Former DHS contractor nabbed in immigrant form forgery plot
Twice in roughly a year, USCIS allegedly falls prey to an inside job.
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