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Army announces winners of $497 million biometrics contract
Recipients will collect and store information on enemy combatants, terrorists and other potentially dangerous foreign nationals.
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VA: Technology helps monitor patients remotely
Technology provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs used to remotely monitor the health of patients with chronic conditions is successful at reducing hospitals stays, according to a VA-sponsored study.
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Get a Life: Talking transition and health care
The Obama transition team orchestrated hundreds of community discussions on health care last week. Blogger Judy Welles explores how the many good ideas that arose from them will come into action.
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IG: OMB doesn't influence DOD in competitive sourcing
Military officials said they felt more pressures from their branch's chain of command.
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DHS office describes how it assesses privacy
A guidance memo from the Homeland Security Department's privacy office lays out fair information practice principles DHS uses to assess the privacy effects of programs and systems.
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CTO Named on Wednesday?
<em>The New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/us/politics/05spend.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper">reported</a> on Monday that Obama plans to name his chief technology officer on Wednesday.
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