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Internet doesn't replace traditional news outlets, survey finds
A Pew survey finds that people are consuming more news online, but that traditional outlets shouldn't be forgotten.
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DISA moves data closer to the front lines
Alfred Rivera, director of DISA's computing services, discusses the Rapid Access Computing Environment, cloud computing and data center consolidation -- and how those efforts deliver content to the battlefield.
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Attacks starting on newly announced Windows vulnerability
Microsoft issued a new security advisory about a vulnerability in the encryption system used with ASP.NET.
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Are remote workers more likely to visit adult sites?
Mobile workers are more likely than officebound counterparts to try to reach blocked web resources -- but not in all categories.
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Demonizing feds
Things didn’t get any better for feds this month out there in the world of public perception.
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Mobile relay system takes air combat training to sea
New mobile technology for the Navy and Marine Corps makes the TCTS air combat training system "rangeless," allowing for advanced training over water.
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Pentagon investigating director of psychological centers of excellence
Army Col. Robert Saum is the second chief in the organizations short history of operation, fueling congressional concerns about top management.
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Feds continued to Tweet despite attack on the service
Bug caused White House press secretary's Twitter account to transmit a message of nonsensical chains of letters and symbols.
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EHR War: Open vs. Proprietary
When members of a federal advisory group suggested recently that the government shouldn't be in the business of designing electronic health records, Rick Jung nearly fell out of his chair.
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Coast Guard's Approach to EHRs
If everything goes to plan, by the end of September the Coast Guard will award a <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=02e709e7aefc828619352eacd7ae3247&_cview=0>contract</a> for a spanking new commercial electronic health record system that will replace a network based on an ancient version of the Defense Department's electronic medical system.
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Server Consolidation Hires, Then Fires
Whatever the outcome of the White House's initiative to consolidate costly federal data centers, the transition presents a dilemma for contract employees. They stand to gain business by aggregating servers, and, then lose a substantial amount of maintenance and support work once systems are combined or outsourced. This is one finding in a new report by market research firm Input on the challenges facing the administration's effort to downsize server farms in five years.
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American Security Challenge to honor Gen. Alexander
This year's American Security Challenge will feature a ceremony to honor Gen. Keith Alexander with the 2010 Patriot Award.
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How are you coping with those creeping health care costs?
Once again, folks, yet another premier report shows the cost of health care spiking ever upward. And, in the face of flat-lining salaries following the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the report shows America’s employees are paying a bigger and bigger share of these ballooning costs.
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Senators urge Defense, VA to combine needs for medical systems
The departments' programs to modernize their respective electronic health record networks are similar but neither has explained how they will share requirements.
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