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GSA redesigns three of its Web portals

The General Services Administration recently added new features and design enhancements to three of its Web portals.

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Air Force reverses course on WikiLeaks guidance for military families

Air Force Public Affairs pulled the plug on its statement that family members of Air Force employees accessing WikiLeaks on a home computer may be subject to prosecution for espionage.

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Lawmakers raises questions about Apple's 'in-app' service

Purchases can sometimes confuse children, lawmakers say.

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Coast Guard near end of acquisition wiki experiment

The Coast Guard will assess how well its online wiki worked to explore alternative ideas for acquisition.

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NARA's costs soared for digital archive, GAO says

Costs have more than doubled for the the National Archives and Records Administration's electronic records archive project, GAO says.

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Space policy sets rules for the final frontier

The new National Security Space Strategy outlines how the U.S. government will manage its space industrial base, defend its space assets and share space-based resources with allies.

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New bugs for feds to fight in transition to Internet 2.0

Federal agencies preparing migration to next generation of higher-capacity network space run risks of hacking and funding shortfalls.

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Army gets green light to equip two brigades with broadband tactical network

But Defense official also cancels development of battlefield sensor systems and a small unmanned aerial vehicle.

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CIA retools site to make information 'more available'

Twitter, Flickr are now options for agency.

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In Egypt, the revolution will be tweeted

Advancements in communication technology have often foreshadowed civil unrest and revolution. In Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, the revolution is indeed being tweeted.

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White House e-mail service fails

The White House's unclassified e-mail system went down early Thursday; the reason was unknown by late Thursday afternoon.

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Age gap narrowing in use of mobile devices

As expected, the oldest Americans tend to lag behind their younger neighbors in use of new technologies.

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Weather.gov weak even without blizzard, study says

The National Weather Service's website failed as a massive blizzard bore down on the midwest, but its performance during normal times isn't so great either, according to a new study.

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Government lags in providing telework-enabling tech to employees, study says

Government information employees don't have mobile technologies to support location flexibility, according to a new international study by Forrester Research.

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Lawmakers want more answers from Facebook

In their letter to Zuckerberg, Barton and Markey wanted much more information about the service including whether the proposed feature called for sharing any other information was suspended.

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CEOs to feds: Consolidate data centers to cut IT spending

Both men attempted to play down concerns about information loss or security breaches that cloud critics say are inevitable when outsourcing data.

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Government tests tech to break through Internet censorship

The board that oversees the Voice of America has successfully tested an e-mail system that potentially could circumvent Internet censorship, new documents reveal.

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World Bank starts voting on Apps for Development contest

The World Bank started public voting today on its first innovation contest, Apps for Development.