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FDA broadens reach through widgets, content syndication

A widget embedded on partner Web sites drove more than 20 million visitors to FDA.gov to learn more about the peanut recall.

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House bill targets Internet censorship

Legislation in the House would require the National Science Foundation to set up a foundation to fund programs to defeat Internet censorship.

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Delays in satellite programs push Navy to look elsewhere

Service considers leasing capacity on Australian and experimental birds.

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Information handcuffs: Counterterrorism IT needs support from the top, Congress told

Intelligence agencies face policy and privacy questions as they look to harness IT to fix problems identified after the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt.

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NASA launches mission simulator Web site

NASA launches an online simulator that lets anybody pilot the space shuttle and view how space communications works.

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Security guidance to aid agencies in cloud computing push

Threat list is helpful but incomplete, analysts say.

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All About Apps

A push to develop more online software applications at federal agencies is gathering supporters.

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Enterprise mashups go to the cloud

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DOD brass takes jaundiced view of thumb drives

The thumb drive, the ubiquitous device that has revolutionized portable computer storage and cornered the market on conference souvenirs, can't quite shake its reputation in the Defense Department as a modern-day Typhoid Mary.

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Our panel of language mavens

The federal information technology community is home to a number of experts in the fields of plain language and Web content. Here are the four who contributed their ideas to this article.

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CDC strikes a balance between accuracy and clarity

The first big step toward creating good Web content is learning to live with the tension that always exist between your advocates for accuracy and your sticklers for clarity.

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FCC awards $145M for telehealth networks

The Federal Communications Commission is distributing $145 million to 16 telehealth projects.

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The new age of satellite

Satellites' famous resiliency is being joined by a steadily brightening price and performance story that might surprise those who haven’t been following the industry lately.

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Wiki in the works for sharing safest travel routes in Afghanistan

Network would replace ad hoc Internet communications among nonmilitary personnel with missions in war zone.

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Navy official calls for rapid deployment of unmanned vessels

Systems would be deployed at sea for weeks or months.

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Technology: The problem and solution for Postal Service's $238 billion shortfall

USPS says improved Web presence and mobile apps are key initiatives in its strategy to climb out of the red.

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Army will tap its 'digital natives' for apps

Contest under way to award $30,000 in prize money for software programs that will fundamentally change the way the Army operates.