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Air Force Base Amnesia
When you lobby for an Air Force base, you end up with airplanes, a fact that the New Mexico congressional delegation has forgotten since 2005 when it pushed the Pentagon to keep Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis open when facing an early BRAC decision to close it.
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Finding Uses for the Mundane
Improving health care outcomes depends on a lot of things, including expanding the use of telemedicine, which will make it easier for patients in remote areas to see a primary care physician or a specialist. The downside is the required equipment can be costly. But that could change if technologists come up with innovative ways to use every-day computer equipment, say, like webcams.
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Wennergren's new job announcement
Former DOD CIO Dave Wennergren has been assigned as assistant deputy chief management officer, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
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Winning the immigration lottery -- literally
Blogger Steve Kelman is impressed with a U.S. immigration policy that draws qualified applicants from all over the world.
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Telework bill promises to be a big step forward, experts say
H.R. 1722 will require federal agencies to set up telework plans as part of their continuity of operations procedures.
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IBM debuts CityOne simulation game for urban planning
IBM Corp. has launched CityOne, an online interactive simulation game designed to help local government officials find innovative solutions for energy, water, traffic, banking and retail problems.
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Solar power coming to the White House
President Barack Obama will begin showering with sun-heated water next year, as part of a solar energy project at the White House.
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Are you a healthy fed?
If you are like a lot of American workers, you spend a lot of time behind a desk. That means that for eight hours a day, your primary source of exercise may well be walking to the copier or coffee machine.
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GAO debuts new online report technology
GAO is piloting a new online E-Report to accompany its familiar PDF products with the release of a study on slippages in NOAA's next-generation weather satellite program.
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Gates names Wennergren to new Defense management post
Deputy chief information officer takes over as assistant deputy chief management officer in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
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FEHBP database raises privacy concerns
Observers say OPM's new tool leaves sensitive patient information vulnerable to attack.
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Canadian bureaucrats with BlackBerry a risk: privacy watchdog
Winnipeg Free Press
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Supreme Court hears arguments in NASA privacy case
Justices will decide whether agency's background checks violate contractors' rights.
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