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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.
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Feds, cybersecurity, cloud security take center stage at RSA 2010
Federal Computer Week
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Security concerns and changing marketplace make GSA rethink cloud computing plan
A new request for quotations will account for industry developments, associate administrator says.
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VA may revive canceled scheduling program
The Veterans Affairs Department has canceled its Replacement Scheduling Application Development program, for which it has spent at least $167 million, but it is likely to come back to life in a different form, according to a senior official.
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GSA cancels cloud request for quotations
Changing markets and technology prompted fresh start on cloud acquisition.
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Obama administration to focus 2011 IT budget on streamlining
Chief information officers say efficiency will be important in building security and transparency, and managing investments.
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Surgeon general collaborates with Microsoft for online e-record management
The U.S. surgeon general is expanding its online tool to allow consumers to assemble their family medical histories by adding links to Microsoft's HealthVault Personal Health Record application.
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FCC to try incentives to free wireless broadband spectrum
Commission has repeatedly warned of a looming spectrum crisis.
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Pentagon offers online NSPS transition course
The training program is an information primer for the 200,000 employees who will be transitioning out of the National Security Personnel System.
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NARA clarifies recordkeeping for the cloud
The National Archives and Records Administration wants agency officials to understand how cloud computing affects recordkeeping.
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