Digital Government
Google Now Owns Earth
Or, based on this <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=cb73f0c420f845c209adc2a22fb550d7&tab=core&_cview=0>sole-source contract announcement</a> from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Google now owns, at the least, visualization of the planet.
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Governator: 'Hasta la Vista, Paper.'
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated the launch this week of an ambitious "telehealth" system that will use a dedicated broadband network to link hospitals and clinics throughout the country's most populous state.
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More Feds Receive Student Loan Help
Federal employees benefited more from student loan repayment programs in 2009, according to a new <a href="http://www.opm.gov/oca/pay/studentloan/html/CY2009StudentLoanRepaymentReport.pdf">report</a> by the Office of Personnel Management.
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Military simulation training may lead recruits to view war as a game
Video games used to train recruits for war could also be masking the reality of the battlefield and creating a kind of detachment for those who become involved in the real thing.
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Internet Explorer at 15: Kind of a punk, but still on top
This month, Internet Explorer turns 15 years old as the alpha dog among browsers, unfazed by occasional accusations of bullying and run-ins with the law.
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Spurning the Internet: Many Americans not online at all--by choice
A study released recently by the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that broadband adoption in the United States has slowed considerably in 2010 after a decade of steady growth. And a surprising number of people still don't use the Internet and don't want to.
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National Guard Bureau tells what not to write on Facebook
The National Guard Bureau is giving advice to guard members on what to write -- and not write -- on social media sites.
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Cart before horse …
Some of the comments on the recent “HR, heal thyself” post bring up an interesting point: Ambitious new initiatives (HR or otherwise) sometimes are planned and launched without anyone giving enough thought as to whether staffers have the skills and training to execute those initiatives.
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Study finds Republicans have higher digital IQ than Democrats
There are seven geniuses in the Senate, and conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has almost as much "digital velocity" as Lady Gaga, says a new study by business professors at The George Washington University and New York University.
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Senators ask Marshals Service why it stores images of full-body scans
Lawmakers say the practice of retaining the images taken during screening procedures at a federal courthouse in Florida could compromise individuals' privacy.
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