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Los Alamos Lab launches private cloud
The Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory has launched a private cloud that lets researchers automatically request virtual servers on-demand.
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VA abruptly issues second contract for Agent Orange claims system
Vendors and veterans groups say the nearly identical solicitation to one awarded to IBM in July indicates concern the technology giant might not be able to deliver within the required time frame.
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DHS to develop single, searchable database of immigration records
System will help identify cases of fraud and assist with intelligence and law enforcement investigations.
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House, Senate agree on measure requiring standard format for spending data
A uniform rule would improve consistency of reports and transparency.
Digital Government
Too Many Federal Workers?
Over the weekend, Amity Shlaes, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, <a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575467642879738582.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>wrote</a> in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> about the differences between private and public sector workers. She sketches out the history of unions in the federal government and what she concludes as a rather obvious point: If we just had fewer government workers, we would spend less on paying them.
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Military Health System Musical Chairs
They're busy rearranging the executive deck chairs at the Military Health System while the nomination of Dr. Jonathan Woodson to be the next assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs molders away in the Senate due to a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100809_1306.php>hold</a> by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
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Gaming Health Care Breakthroughs
Playing games to generate insights into a problem so you can create innovative solutions is nothing terribly new, but it has now reached into the health care community. The federal government has used gaming to develop ways to <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090826_9168.php>react to fictional cyberattacks</a>.
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Kelly Olson goes from ConnellyWorks to GSA
Olson will develop GSA's outreach efforts, offering its technology services to other federal agencies.
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Show me the money ...
One can’t help but notice when delving a bit deeper into the rankings in the “best places” survey recently released by the Partnership for Public Service that among the top 10 “best” large agencies (as ranked by employees), most also ranked in the top 10 for pay satisfaction.
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Air Force operates a mini-FedEx hub to provide relief in Pakistan
Mobile communications system offers three classified data connections, three unclassified connections and three phone lines.
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White House kicks off contest website to find fixes to big problems
Agencies can post a competition to Challenge.gov in minutes by filling out an online form with details of the initiative.
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FCC posts data sets, plans site redesign to be more like a dot-com
Application programming interfaces allow visitors to search Internet speeds in counties, broadcast licenses and census data.
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