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Survey finds public satisfied with federal call centers

Government-run facilities improving, but still lag behind services private sector provides.

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Health IT Hits the Big Leagues

The year 2010 was, for Major League Baseball, the year of the pitcher. Clinching that characterization was Roy Halladay, a right-hander with the Philadelphia Phillies, who followed up a perfect game during the regular season with a no-hitter in the playoffs, the second in Major League Baseball history. Off the field, however, 2010 was the year that baseball embraced electronic medical records.

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Attracting the Net Generation

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This just in from the 'Department of Redundancy Reduction Department'

GSA's Gwynne Kostin offered a humorous take on efforts to improve federal workforce productivity during the FedScoop FedTalks 2010 conference.

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DARPA plans tools to lighten load of battlefield data

DARPA's Insight program will develop automated tools to help human analysts sift and identify valuable battlefied data from a variety of information sources and platforms.

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DARPA seeks to shape young minds

DARPA launches a program to interest grade school students in computer science careers.

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Inside the Pentagon's cyber war games

Tom Patterson, CSO of MagTek and an adviser to the Air Force on cyber operations, took part in the recent Pacifica cyber war games and describes some of the lessons learned.

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Harvard class of ‘70: A generation at a glance

Blogger (and Harvard grad) Steve Kelman was interested to find that 5 percent of his classmates have ended up working for government.

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Recovery Act reporting reaches highest level of disclosure

More than 99 percent of all prime recipients filed mandatory spending reports last quarter.

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Defense seeks to expand ID cards for use at transit systems, ATMs

Electronic wallet feature could turn security badge into multipurpose card.

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Fiorina defends her tenure at Hewlett-Packard

Fiorina's new ad, however, features several former HP employees defending her tenure and touting her leadership skills.

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Companies defend their online privacy protections

Internet tracking devices known as cookies and beacons have become a source of concern for privacy advocates and lawmakers seeking to protect consumers online and shed light on the practice of behavioral marketing.