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High court tangles with Orwellian GPS fears v. past ruling
Justices are wary of the surveillance power of Global Positioning System devices, but may not be able to outlaw warrantless GPS-tracking.
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White House limits feds' mobile devices to cut costs
Computers, not phones, are responsible for most duplication, experts say.
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Counterfeit electronics in supply chain put contractors on the hook
Counterfeit parts, mostly made in China, have found their way into the U.S. military's supply chain, and now members of the Senate Armed Services Committee want to hold contractors more accountable.
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Google algorithm change may mean less traffic for some government websites
Federal agencies may want to update their website content more frequently, based on the impacts from Google's most recent algorithm update.
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USAJobs goes splat instead of splashy
As the USAJobs debacle dragged into its fourth week, lawmakers and pundits began loudly proclaiming that the incident offered lessons for federal insourcing and IT policy.
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Auditors blast DHS' $1.5 billion border plan
The Government Accountability Office says Homeland Security should halt a new program to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until it calculates a more realistic cost figure.
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NIST cloud roadmap: Too much too fast?
A new cloud roadmap aims to help the government speed up the cloud migration process but agencies should consider slowing down to make sure they prioritize security.
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VA builds its own online job board
The Veterans Affairs Department has 3,553 job vacancies to fill, and it has created a new online jobs board to encourage veterans to apply.
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OPM: USAJobs has turned a corner
The poorly performing USAJobs website is showing signs of recovery, according to OPM Director John Berry.
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Army expanding, experimenting with tablets
The Army is building on the popularity of smart phones in the field with further testing and expansion of the use of tablets for a range of applications.
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VA's online Blue Button medical app soon to add job data
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to help veterans find jobs by adding military job codes to its popular Blue Button online medical record application.
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FedRAMP to become mandatory, fed CIO says
NIST guidelines, FedRAMP and monitoring contribute to cloud security
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