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Experts advise not rushing to meet digital records deadline

"Where I see failures happening in implementation is when people try to do too much all at one time," says Guidance Software’s Chad McManamy.

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Navy trims NGEN transition timeline

The transition of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet to a new government-owned system had been delayed by bid protests and the government shutdown, but

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A mixed forecast for dark cloud services

Disaster recovery as a service offers advantages, experts say, but agencies must understand the risks.

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NASA Wants You to Play Its Satellite Moon-Crash Guessing Game

When will a satellite go splat on the moon? Guess now and you could be a winner.

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IT Dashboard now rates HealthCare.gov as 'moderately high risk'

The escalation from medium risk reflects critical back-end tasks that remain incomplete and comes after most consumer-facing problems have been fixed.

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Census Needs Better IT Plans for 2020, Auditor Says

The bureau is considering using Internet surveys and asking field workers to BYOD.

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The U.S. Government Secretly Built a 'Cuban Twitter' to Stir Dissent

USAID hoped the social network would grow enough to allow activists to organize 'smart mobs,' AP reports.

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Netflix's Net-Neutrality Plea Gets Rejected by the FCC

The government has a critical role in how networks connect to each other, it's just not a net neutrality issue, FCC chair says.

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Lawmaker: Staffing expenses threaten CBP tech acquisition

Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske assured appropriators that his agency is moving ahead with cost-efficient programs to monitor borders and ports of entry.

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Wi-Fi Is About to Get Faster

The FCC freed up more airwaves for wireless Internet traffic.

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State Taps Atlantic Media CTO to Manage Digital Diplomacy Program

The Obama team's former technology architect led the group that created the We the People petition site.

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FCC seeks $13.5 million for IT modernization

Chairman Tom Wheeler calls his agency's computer systems incompatible and highly inefficient.

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Facebook Predicts Future Internet Powered by Drones and Lasers

Mark Zuckerberg sets his sights on bringing the Web to "every person in the world."

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TSA wants to link alarms with CCTV

Improving the interoperability of first responders' radio systems was also among the recommendations in a report written in response to the killing of a TSA officer last fall at LAX.

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Much ado about milCloud

DISA launches its internal cloud service, and industry players worry the deck may be stacked against them.

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4 key trends that every CIO should watch

The hot topics of 2014 are evolving quickly, and they present challenges and opportunities for federal agencies.

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Rochford to run telecom technology lab

The new Colorado-based facility is a joint NIST/NTIA effort.