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Congressman defends call to dismantle GSA
Rep. Jeff Denham's suggestion that GSA should be shut down energized the agency's defenders.
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Expert: New travel, conference limits may threaten transparency
Unintended side effects of efforts to rein in careless spending could affect other administration priorities.
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Analyst: A Romney win could be bad news for Google
Paul Gallant suggests that a win by Mitt Romney could could mean less a favorable outcome for Google in the FTC probe.
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Pentagon opens classified cyber program to all defense contractors, ISPs
The White House is under pressure to increase voluntary information sharing.
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Domestic drones could be hijacked or jammed, pilots and manufacturers warn
The Federal Aviation Administration is weighing the widespread use of remotely piloted aircraft.
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Marines award $775 million computer hardware contract to 10 companies
Massive buy covers purchase of 400,000 computers and servers over five years.
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Telework will play a big role in government digital strategy, federal CIO says
VanRoekel aims to reduce and simplify technology contracts.
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General: Cost worries could derail plan for next bomber to be unmanned
Pentagon leaders have imposed a $550-million-per-unit cost cap.
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GSA says: Ties are mandatory, even in the Texas heat
GSA officials want their largest annual conference to be presentable and respectable.
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Hey kids, about those embarrassing Facebook photos…
The FTC wants to give young people an option for erasing personal information online.
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Coons: Cybersecurity, IP enforcement don't need to undermine web freedom
The issues don't have to be mutually exclusive, Delaware senator says.
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Treasury: Uncloak true business owners to disrupt terror-financing
The top intelligence official at the department warns that al Qaeda offshoots are soliciting money through kidnappers and shell companies.
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The U.S. government has collected more data than it could ever possibly read
Only 40 percent of government IT professionals say their agency is analyzing collected data.
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Navy seeks proposals for new network
Bids on $7 billion to $10 billion NGEN contract are due July 18.
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Pentagon will be the primary provider of IT for integrated health records
Defense will offer the baseline architecture, identity management, storage and data dictionary.
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Social Security’s IT modernization lacks a strategic plan
The agency is replacing and updating legacy systems.
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The dangers of relying on the always-present Internet
Nowadays, it's rare to find a locale without wireless connectivity. But when it happens, it's not pretty.
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