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Bill Would Help Federal Firefighters Get Career Jobs

Western Democrats back measure to permanently hire seasonal firefighters. Read moreJune 11, 2013comments

A firefighter watches a wildfire northeast of Castaic, Calif., in May. A firefighter watches a wildfire northeast of Castaic, Calif., in May. Nick Ut/AP
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White House's Digital Strategy

The Obama administration's digital strategy, titled “Building a 21st Century ... Read more

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Brittany Ballenstedt examines how information technology is changing the ... Read more

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Auditors and IRS Pan Tax Regulations for Bitcoins arrow The agency lacks time and money for formal rules on collecting revenue for income earned ...

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The U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay, posted a Vine showing images of the American flag.

Vines Across the Oceans arrow U.S. embassies abroad are beginning to adopt Twitter’s viral video site.

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More Spectrum for Everyone -- Except Feds, Apparently arrow President Obama’s memo on sharing the airwaves puts agencies in a difficult position.

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Protestors gather during a demonstration outside of the security perimeter of the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland Monday.

How NSA Surveillance Jeopardizes Obama's G-8 Trip to Europe arrow Obama's task in Europe this week has been made even more challenging by the ...

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Goodbye Paper: VA Installs Automated Claims System in All Regional Offices arrow Program is key to addressing the claims backlog.

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Survey Predicts Major Savings from Big Data arrow Agencies could see a 14 percent budget savings through new data analysis tools, officials ...

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China Wins the Supercomputer Crown arrow New machine operates almost twice as fast as the top U.S. supercomputer.

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A supporter holds a picture of Edward Snowden, outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong.

NSA Leaks and the Pentagon Papers: The Difference Between Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg arrow How we answer may say more about us than it ...

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Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, in Waynesboro, Ga.

The Real Reason to Fight Nuclear Power Has Nothing to Do With Health Risks arrow Nuclear energy is dying to poor economics.

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Apple: iMessage and FaceTime Are Safe From the NSA's Prying Eyes arrow The company adds that the government asked for data on up to ...

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A cyber security analyst works in the "watch and warning center" in Idaho Falls, Idaho in 2011.

IG: DHS Does Not Track Security Training of System Administrator Contractors arrow Department relies on companies to perform work historically ...

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A technician loads patient samples into a machine for testing at Myriad Genetics.

A Supreme Court Loss On Human Gene Patents Is Just What Myriad—and the Biotech Industry—Need arrow Myriad's stock has gone up dramatically since ...

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