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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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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.

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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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200 Million Women Are Missing From the Internet

Governments, telcos and device makers should figure out how to get their services to women.