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Fed Spectrum Sharing and Wi-Fi

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Commercial wireless carriers have already found spectrum.

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U.S. History Now on Facebook

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Agencies have been filling in their timelines, perhaps a little too quickly, judging by one blunder.

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$11,000 for Anyone Who Spots an Internet Explorer Bug Before Dot-gov Hackers

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Microsoft will pay hard cash to coders who tell the company about the software holes

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Pentagon to Wireless Industry: We Need Our Spectrum

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Defense CIO says the military must retain exclusive access to some frequency bands.

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Op-Ed: Don’t Let Privacy Concerns Stifle Innovation

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The Internet of Things could stoke the economy and improve lives, but not if it’s choked by new regulations.

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VA Integrates Electronic Systems to Speed Claims Processing

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Combining the eBenefits portal with the Veterans Benefits Management System could help reduce the backlog.

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NSA Targets Systems Admins to Prevent Snowden-Type Leaks

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One idea partners workers with top-secret clearance before they access classified docs.

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Which Tech Company Does the NSA Use Most?

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By shear numbers alone, the government asks the most of Microsoft.

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What It's Like to See the Aurora From Space

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Two astronauts chatting about seeing the specialness of Earth's beauty from above.

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We All Need to Help NASA Find Killer Asteroids

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The agency's Grand Challenge, asks everyone to compete to figure out the best way to detect and study earth-threatening asteroids.

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China May Soon Peddle Discount Drones to the Developing World

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Chinese aerospace companies aren't hindered by rules against selling UAVs.

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BYOD: Game-Changer, or Fad?

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Study predicts more than one-third of organizations will stop providing devices by 2016.

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Senate Panel Backs More Money for VA Claims Hardware and Overtime

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Maryland senator says vets shouldn’t have to face a ‘quagmire of bureaucracy.’

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S. Korea Plans Navigation System to Defeat the North's GPS Jamming

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The technology was abandoned by the U.S. in 2010.

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FDA Plans to Mine Shipping Data to Expose Illegal Cigarette Sales

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Agency wants a vendor to spot anomalies in tobacco shipments.

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Ford Gives up on Turning its Cars Into Smartphones

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Ford saw a future in which every surface is a touchscreen, but its customers didn’t share in that vision.

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Americans Gave Away Online Privacy to Advertisers Long Ago

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Facebook, Amazon and other firms have already dug deep into users' lives.

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How Mobile Payments Might Be the Global Money-Laundering Machine Criminals Have Dreamed About

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Millions of people now use their mobile phones to do their banking, especially in the developing world.

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Pentagon Awards Microsoft and Oracle Software Contracts Valued at Nearly $700 Million

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Agreements cover support for Defense and Navy licenses.

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Video: Here's What Happens When You Light a Fire in Space

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"Strange flames" on the International Space Station.

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Half of NASA's New Class of Astronauts Are Women

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The new possible spacepeople were chosen from a pool of over 6,000 applicants

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Auditors and IRS Pan Tax Regulations for Bitcoins

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The agency lacks time and money for formal rules on collecting revenue for income earned through the virtual currency.

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Congress Turns to Intel Committees as Members Seek Details on Data Collection

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Some experts question the panels' support for the surveillance programs.

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China Wins the Supercomputer Crown

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New machine operates almost twice as fast as the top U.S. supercomputer.

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Vines Across the Oceans

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U.S. embassies abroad are beginning to adopt Twitter’s viral video site.

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More Spectrum for Everyone -- Except Feds, Apparently

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President Obama’s memo on sharing the airwaves puts agencies in a difficult position.

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How NSA Surveillance Jeopardizes Obama's G-8 Trip to Europe

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Obama's task in Europe this week has been made even more challenging by the recent disclosures of American surveillance in allied countries.

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Goodbye Paper: VA Installs Automated Claims System in All Regional Offices

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Program is key to addressing the claims backlog.

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The Real Reason to Fight Nuclear Power Has Nothing to Do With Health Risks

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Nuclear energy is dying to poor economics.

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The NSA Leaks and the Pentagon Papers: What's the Difference Between Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg?

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How we answer may say more about us than it does about either of them.

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IG: DHS Does Not Track Security Training of System Administrator Contractors

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Department relies on companies to perform work historically done by government employees.

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Who Should Take Antidepressants?

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A brain scan could help objectively identify who will benefit, and who won't.

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A Prosthetic Limb, Controlled by an Amputee's Thoughts

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Thanks to new DARPA technology, things like picking up a coffee cup could be, literally, within grasp.

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Is This PRISM 2.0?

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Microsoft alerts feds to bugs before issuing a public patch, allowing Washington to exploit the vulnerabilities.

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CIA Gave Amazon a Leg Up on Cloud Deal

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Intelligence agency unfairly allowed the company to weaken security requirements, auditor finds.

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A Supreme Court Loss On Human Gene Patents Is Just What Myriad—and the Biotech Industry—Need

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Myriad's stock has gone up dramatically since the Supreme Court ruling.

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A More Searchable History

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New wesite includes 120,000 papers from the founding fathers.

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Bitcoin Lovers: This Is What It Looks Like When the US Wants to Destroy a Currency

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Last week the U.S. Treasury placed a new package of sanctions targeting Iran's currency.

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New Credential for Cyber Investigators

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Certification provides a better way to assess the skills of digital forensics pros.

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House Backs IT Buying Overhaul

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Reforms added to a major defense policy bill would give agency CIOs authority over all IT spending.

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How Yahoo Fought PRISM — and Lost

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2008 case had an effect on other Silicon Valley companies.

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The ‘Ramp’ Into the Federal Cloud Market Is More Like a Climb

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Government and industry concede FedRAMP does not cover all agency security requirement.

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Video: The Daily Show’s Rules For Politicians on Twitter

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With Hillary Clinton joining the social network, John Oliver and Jessica Williams have advice.

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Op-Ed: Open Data Is Re-Defining Government in the 21st Century

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The emerging digital collaboration between the public sector and entrepreneurs could transform the economy.

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We Should Be Getting More From IT Project Reviews, Report Says

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GAO calls for TechStat reviews on all risky IT projects.

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Special Ops Command Extends Booz Allen’s IT Management Deal

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The decision comes three days after employee claims responsibility for one of the largest intel leaks in history.

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Forest Service Fights Massive Colorado Fire With its Largest Airtankers

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Colorado Guard and Fort Carson units deploy firefighting helicopters.

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Why Your Metadata Is Your Every Move

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The National Security Agency is collecting more than just what's on the phone bill.

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Why Edward Snowden's Education Matters Very Little

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Motives and ethics are more important in the hunt for tech workers, one analyst says.

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Analysis: Secret Intelligence Court Hardly Ever Says No

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Judge says the court can't block privacy group's FOIA.

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