Digital Government
Pentagon Wants to Share Spectrum With Broadband Providers, Not Auction It
The department backs off 2012 plan.
Digital Government
The Mental Health Toll of the Long Wars
Almost a million troops who served in Afghanistan or Iraq have been diagnosed with at least one psychological disorder.
Digital Government
Plutonium Leak Detected Near Underground Nuclear Waste Plant
The storage facility near Carlsbad, N.M., experienced a radiation leak and fire earlier this month.
Digital Government
Pentagon to Detail Plans for Spectrum Auction
Fittingly, the news will be streamed live via the Pentagon Channel.
Digital Government
Radiation Levels Spiked for Navy Responders to Japan Nuke Disaster, Report Says
Officials maintain the worst-case exposure for crew members was less than 25 percent of the annual radiation exposure from natural sources.
Digital Government
VA Needs to Embrace Tech-Savvy, Mobile Veterans
More than 30 percent of the agency's employees and half of its senior execs are eligible for retirement.
Digital Government
DISA Signs $40.5 Million Adobe Software Deal
Pact covers DISA, Army and Air Force.
Digital Government
Underground Plutonium Waste Plant Hit by Radiation Leak and Fire
Facility stores 3.2 million cubic feet of waste in salt caverns.
Digital Government
Troops Exposed to Blasts More Likely to Get PTSD, TBI, Other Long-Term Ailments
Defense and VA urged to collect more data.
Digital Government
Ill-Fitted Body Armor Could Amplify Blast Effects, Study Warns
Poor fit could increase shock wave.
Digital Government
Defense Plans Secret Global Social Media Data Mining Project Based in Europe
Project aims to 'identify violent extremist influences.'
Modernization
Marines May Ditch DISA for Private Cloud to Host Combat Support System
Service also wants a single systems integrator for 15 personnel systems.
Digital Government
HP Gets Another $138 Million to Keep the Old Navy Network Operational
Boost reflects delay in transition to new network.
Modernization
VA Wants to Buy Data Storage the Way It Buys Electricity
The department would only pay for what it actually uses.
Digital Government
Defense Mulls Location-Specific Health Record Licenses
The department wants to buy discounted software on an enterprise basis.
Digital Government
Another Day, Another Shutdown for the VA Claims System
Outages are seemingly routine.
Digital Government
Five Major Drug Chains to Adopt Blue Button Prescription Standards
Wide use of VA-developed data format expected to reduce dosing errors, save lives.
Digital Government
DARPA Launches Project to Revolutionize Web Search
Memex system, inspired by a 1945 article in The Atlantic, will focus on topical searches and plumb ‘deep Web.’
Digital Government
AFGE Rep: VA Paperless Claims System Shuts Down on a Weekly Basis
System also can’t handle increased workloads.
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