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Pentagon enlists scientists to build intel-decoding software

DARPA wants technology that can ‘see through language.’

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Federal officials, Hill committees probe Facebook IPO

House and Senate panels join SEC, others, in launching investigations.

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White House seeks ‘badass innovators’

Fellows will spend six months to one year on five major technology projects.

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VA DOD joint record to be deployed from 2014 to 2017

Even after the Veterans Affairs-Defense new joint integrated health record system begins rolling out in 2014, many functionalities will still need to be migrated to the new system, according to a senior VA official.

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Hopes dim for bipartisan cybersecurity legislation

Two Senate bills are stalled while compromise seems unlikely.

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Researcher: Alleged breach of dating site shows flaws in military’s social media policies

Guidelines called inadequate to safeguard sensitive data that soldiers share online.

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White House launches federal digital strategy

Plan aims to make government info mobile friendly.

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White House reinforces mobile initiative

Obama directs agencies to implement a new intiative to help citizens more easily access government information and services on their mobile devices.

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Senate immigration bill creates two new visas to encourage new talent

The plan is designed to follow on the success of the Jobs Act in helping start-ups get capital.

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GSA to roll out mobile purchasing agreement as part of shared services efforts

Will a wide-scale strategy for buying smart phones help the government become more collaborative and efficient?

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No Defense-VA integrated electronic health record until 2017

Departments need to take time to 'get it right,' Shinseki says.

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GSA's picklegate

Want to know how concerned GSA has become about conference spending? Check the box lunches.

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First online immigration application now available

New ‘ELIS’ website lets visitors request extensions to stay in the country, a step toward digitizing the largely paper-based immigration process.

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Washington Post helps us keep track of White House visitors

The newspaper has created a searchable database of the White House's visitor logs.

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Pentagon-funded researchers refine 3-D printing

Defense shows interest in new manufacturing techniques that cut costs.

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A frontline dispatch from Spain, a country in crisis

Steve Kelman finds that Spain's economic worries are not obvious on the surface.

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Defense and VA tap vendor to save clinicians from multiple log-ons

In software test at Chicago hospital, Harris bests Microsoft.

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Navy computer game wants players’ bright ideas on energy use

Pentagon-funded crowdsourcing experiment will hit the Web on Tuesday.

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USASpending moves to big data cloud

Host combines cloud efficiencies and big data analysis.

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OMB asks for evidence-based budgeting

Agencies should base their fiscal year 2014 budget requests on evidence of programs' effectiveness, with an eye toward spending less, OMB says.