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No one wants to pay for TSA's new baggage screeners
GAO finds lack of support around $50 billion security update.
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Communities crop up around Data.gov
Cities, safety and research will be future areas of focus.
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State Department to provide Mexican security agency with surveillance apparatus
Civil liberties advocates say the system could violate Americans’ privacy rights.
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Wanted: Developers to quickly create virtual landscapes for missile tests
Graphical rendering of real-world terrain is time consuming and expensive.
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Twitter value includes response
If an agency Tweets and nobody answers, did it matter?
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Navy seeks real-time data tool to detect threats at sea
The system would alert officers to unusual ship patterns.
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The real cybersecurity worry
Will agencies become cybersecurity Luddites by necessity?
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Drone strikes continue against suspected militants in Pakistan
The U.S. is under increasing pressure to stop such operations.
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Looking for lessons from the GSA conference spending debacle
In the wake of the scandal, agencies are concerned that all training and networking events will be trimmed.
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Pilots: Drones pose major safety threat in civilian air space
FAA has cleared dozens of organizations to operate unmanned aircraft.
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Republicans boycott technology field hearing
Oversight panel leader says event to tap the expertise of Northern Virginia contractors could be a political gimmick.
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DOD puts its acquisition procedures under a microscope
DOD is taking a multi-faceted approach to overhauling the way it buys goods and services in the face of dwindling funds.
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FCC moves to implement spectrum auction legislation
Under the plan, broadcasters may tell officials what it would cost to get them to share their spectrum.
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iGoogle, or something like it, could significantly improve border security
Retired Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen says Border Patrol agents must simplify the way they share information.
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GSA tool lets people verify genuine federal social media accounts
The General Services Administration's Social Media Registry is designed to allow agencies to manage their social media accounts while validating them for users worried that they might be fake.
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Judge denies request to release Bin Laden photos
The Justice Department argued the images would provoke an anti-American backlash.
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Controversial cyber bill sails through House
The president has threatened to veto CISPA if it reaches his desk.
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FAS commissioner: Dan Tangherlini’s 'got our back'
GSA's acting administrator gets high praise from agency colleague.
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Korea copes with multiculturalism
Steve Kelman observes how Korea's culture is become much more ethnically diverse.
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