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In Palo Alto, Bling is the thing for electronic payments
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Even When It's Good, It Isn't
Agencies may find it difficult to attract information technology workers now, but could the government lose even those that it has convinced to join the workforce when the economy improves?
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IT, Friends Predict Flu Outbreaks
Using electronic health records and predictive models based on the dynamics of social networks, Harvard researchers were able to identify a group of college students who came down with the flu two weeks earlier than did a randomly selected control group. Monitoring the health of individuals whose social connections make them more vulnerable to infections diseases could serve as an effective early warning system for outbreaks, the researchers said.
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How good is your emissions reporting? GSA wants to know.
GSA finds it feasible for companies to report their emissions data in a voluntary system and is moving ahead with the idea.
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OMB kills Justice system, revises another at Interior
As part of ongoing review, White House eliminates a litigation case management system and requires additional milestones for the Incident Management Analysis and Reporting System.
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House net neutrality bill could be introduced soon
The House Energy and Commerce Committee may introduce a net neutrality bill sometime this week sources told CongressDaily's blog Tech Daily Dose.
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Army Testing Combat Gizmos
White Sands Missile Range, N.M. -- The Army is conducting pass-or-fail tests here of <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100409_1179.php>battlefield communications systems</a>, including wideband versions of the Joint Tactical Radio System, and robots and sensors, said Paul Mehney, a spokesman for the service's integration operation.
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Incentives Drive Meaningful Use
Federal financial incentives designed to spur health care organizations toward meeting meaningful use standards for electronic health records are living up to their name.
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Social media becomes a diplomatic battleground
The U.S. government isn't the only national government using social media applications.
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DOD marches forward with social media
With new rules, DOD is expanding its use of social media applications, including Web 2.0 tools that stay behind military firewalls.
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Roger Baker razzes reporters on lost BlackBerrys
The CIO of Veterans Affairs has been doing a lot of explaining about lost and stolen BlackBerrys at the agency.
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GIS' future is with crowds, clouds ... and 4-D
Geospatial technologies are exploding -- into crowdsourced applications, cloud platforms, and 3-D and 4-D environments.
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