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Google, China and Internet censorship
Blogger Steve Kelman reports on the reaction of the Chinese press to Google’s new stance on Internet censorship.
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VA, DOD seek assessment of virtual e-health record vision
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are hiring a contractor to analyze if Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record patient data can be successfully exchanged in a community.
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Commerce to test 4G technology for public safety network
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Civil liberties group probes legal basis for drone attacks
ACLU requests casualty data and questions role of contractors in targeted killings.
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Marines cite mounting equipment needs
The Marine Corps' top officer today said that his service is falling further behind in the process of repairing or replacing equipment worn out or lost in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Industry chiefs impart best technology practices to improve government
Using IT to create a customer-focused organization and to push employees to attain lofty goals were among the ideas chief executives discussed at forum.
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Establishing telecommunications systems tops feds' to-do list for Haiti
Some of the first personnel deployed included communications specialists from a special Air Force operations squadron, with a Marines' ship loaded with health technology to follow.
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White House meets corporate CEOs for ideas on modernizing government
The White House is convening a conference of 50 corporate CEOs with the hope of generating “game changing ideas” that can help IT improve government efficiency.
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Haiti: What Agencies Are Tweeting
Jose Antonio Vargas at the Huffington Post reminded readers about the power of the Web and social networking during times of natural disasters, such as the earthquake in Haiti:
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A Suicide Averted
The Defense and the Veterans Affairs departments offer a wide range of tools to help soldiers and veterans on the brink of suicide, including counseling centers and 800 number help lines.
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Demand for New IT Skills
A new discipline that uses systems and software to help direct business processes is creating demands for new sets of IT skills both in the private sector and in government, according to the January issue of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzYzNjEwfENoaWxkSUQ9MzU3Nzc1fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">Dice Report</a>. The discipline, called Business Process Management, or BPM, has led to an expanding number of job postings for software developers, systems architects and business analysts, mostly by organizations that are looking to cash in on a potential cost savings of as much as 20 percent within the first year of implementing BPM.
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The weakest link in anti-terror systems
President Obama described recent failures in anti-terrorism efforts as systemic. But they were not failures of systems; they were failures of human beings using the systems.
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BlackBerry enters the app wars with winner for feds
The Presenter takes two things feds really love, BlackBerrys and PowerPoint, and combines them in an application that could not only make presentations easier, but could also let you leave your laptop PC at home.
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