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White House creates new policy for controlled unclassified information

A new policy will reduce the confusion caused by multiple categories of protected but unclassified information, according to transparency advocates.

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Army's ten-hut Facebook page draws fans

The Army's social-media presence features customized tools and aids for users who need some guidance.

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Election aftershocks could hit IT agenda

No one in the federal IT community should be lulled into complacency by the thought that IT is a bipartisan issue, some officials say.

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Furloughs, freezes and other measures

The shift in power in the House in the new year may put a lot of things back on the table when it comes to the federal workplace.

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Correction: Federal vs. private pay: The latest take on who makes more

This story was been modified on Nov. 5 to correct an error. The gap between federal and private sector pay has grown by 2.1 percent since last year and totals an average of about 24 percent.

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Who's No. 1? D.C. area schools vie for cybersecurity honors

A regional competition hosted by Computer Sciences Corp. pitted teams from four area colleges against each other and against red-team hackers, part of a growing national effort to encourage science education and develop a professional cybersecurity workforce.

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DARPA kicks off battlefield networks project

Research agency eyes development of a wireless soldier information system.

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Potential Commerce panel chairman plans aggressive oversight of FCC

Republican Rep. Joe Barton says if he becomes leader of the committee he will seek to stop the commission from reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service.

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Defense secretary taps new Spectrum chief

Gates also names new DISA computing and information technology executives.

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FedSpace running in alpha mode

The FedSpace social network for federal employees and contractors has launched and is registering participants while still in alpha mode.

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New cyber role, budgetary measures headed to ODNI

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says he is creating new top-level jobs for cybersecurity and U.S. intelligence, and plans to move $50 billion from the Defense Department budget into his office.