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Data centers installed in U.S. are deemed to be of 'U.S. origin'
Government Security News
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House passes bill to keep GSA skeds open to state, local agencies
Federal Computer Week
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European Union project to boost computing power
The European Union announced on Tuesday a new project this week aimed at giving European researchers more computing power to help tackle a broad range of complex issues from the environment to energy to health.
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CBP wants system to detect ultralights smuggling drugs
Officials report an increase in the number of attempts to move narcotics into the United States using the small aircraft, which avoid radar detection by flying low.
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Turning to Interns
<em>Government Executive</em> <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=46112&dcn=todaysnews>reports</a> the Army is looking to hire hundreds of entry-level and midcareer contracting specialists and insource more than 4,000 acquisition-related jobs during the next five years.
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Health IT Group Urges Restraint
As the government considers which "quality measures" to include in the second round of meaningful use requirements for electronic health records, members of a federal health IT policy committee are urging restraint.
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First Define the Terms
The Defense Department forks over about half its annual budget -- about $200 billion -- on acquisition of services such as information technology, transportation and upkeep of bases. It's track record of managing these buys is even worse than its record on the procurement of weapons systems, Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, told a Pentagon press briefing on Tuesday.
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New DOD acquisition strategy sparks debate
DOD's leaders want to revamp the Pentagon's acquisition processes, but analyst say much of the guidance isn't new but actually familiar regulations that have failed to be properly implemented in the past.
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9 things feds should know about secure international travel
U.S. citizens, and particualrly U.S. government employees, are targets for for data exploitation, so travelers should assume their devices are being monitored a d should take steps to prevent data theft.
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How to manage cybersecurity risks of international travel
International travel poses elevated risks that an organization may never have encountered during the course of normal business operations, and requires security steps before during and after a trip.
Digital Government
Why bother moving to IPv6?
Adoption of the new protocols will be a challenge, and there are ways to work around the shortage of IPv4 address space. But the online world will pass by those who don't make the move to IPv6.
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5 critical steps on the road to IPv6
Connecting with the rest of the world could soon require the use of IPv6, and agencies should begin preparing now to use the new protocols.
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DARPA wants to blow up military design process, start over
The government's blue-sky R&D agency launches a new effort to reinvent the design and manufacture of defense equipment using computer aid and crowdsourcing.
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E-voting system failures lead to call for public clearinghouse
A new report calls for creating a national public searchable database of electronic voting systems' defects and vulnerabilities.
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U.S. Military Buys Portable Movie Theaters
The military is buying portable outdoor movie theaters for its troops.
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Saving for that rainy day called ‘retirement’
Well, sometimes it really does help to force people to do what’s good for them. The recent change to provide new feds with automatic enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan likely will turn out to be one of those things.
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The Agile Data Warehouse: Keeping Users Happy
If shops don't figure out how to accelerate their cumbersome data warehousing projects, their information consumers will pass them by.
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Researchers: Navy SEALS' new brain injury test has high false-positive rate
The Defense Department looks for ways to detect concussions in the battlefield, but most tools have a high number of misdiagnoses.
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