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Supercomputing upgrade to improve big data at Postal Service
USPS has awarded a contract to expand the agency's already formidable high-powered computing capabilities.
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Obama Official Tweets Racial Slur, Apologizes
Dan Pfeiffer quickly deleted it and apologized for a 'horrendous typo.'
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Amazon Prevails in CIA Cloud Suit
IBM, which argued Amazon unfairly won the cloud contract, plans to appeal.
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AWS can resume CIA cloud project
Although IBM plans to appeal a judge's ruling, Amazon Web Services is ready to go back to work.
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Judge rules for Amazon Web Services over IBM in CIA cloud case
Court overturns GAO's decision on bid protest; IBM says it will appeal.
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Obamacare Software Failures Confirmed
Healthcare.gov gets coding touch-ups after bugs and glitches in its first week.
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Commentary: Would the Government Have Shut Down Without Twitter?
The echo chamber at the heart of Washington's problems.
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The 9 Ways That Twitter Could Fail, According to Twitter
Befitting any young, undeveloped, and unprofitable company, the list of risks is long and wide-ranging.
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Amazon-IBM dispute enters next phase
Oral arguments are about to begin in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on AWS's appeal of a GAO decision that reopened the competition for a ground-breaking CIA contract.
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Contrary to What You’ve Heard, Android Is Almost Impenetrable to Malware
Less than 0.001% of Android apps can evade the system’s multi-layered defenses, data show.
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Survey: Budget poses the biggest threat to federal IT
400 government IT decision-makers reveal their ambitions and worries for the coming year.
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How LinkedIn and Google+ Helped Nab an Alleged Internet Drug Dealer
This is how your social media activity gives you away.
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HP to host ID management hub for USPS
The project is the federal government's first cloud-based identity management pilot.
Digital Government
Twitter’s IPO Avoids Delay: SEC Can Stay Open for Weeks Amid Shutdown
Twitter plans to make its IPO filing public this week.
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Furloughed Feds May Have to Turn in Cellphones, Other Mobile Devices
Law prohibits government employees from working outside the office in the event of a shutdown.
Digital Government
Government Social Media Feeds Will Go Dark During a Shutdown
Essential employees could post information to sites in the event of an emergency, officials say.
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What a Government Game App Should (and Shouldn't) Look Like
CDC’s Solve the Outbreak app makes the grade but NASA’s Comet Question doesn’t.
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Plastic With Invisible Images May Allow Swipe-Free Payments and Stop Someone From Stealing Your Car
Plastic manufacturers can embed information directly into the plastic.
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Long Before Navy Shooting, Military First Responders Complained of Bum Radios
Communications failures hampered emergency response.
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