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Survey: Agencies are failing to maintain critical electronic records
March 4, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
After investigating itself for almost a year, the Justice Department reported to the National Archives and Records Administration that it is unable to determine whether any e-mails related to its notorious 2002 "torture memos" were improperly destroyed. The department's finding, which it delivered to NARA in February, appears to close ...
From Nextgov.com: Agencies are failing to maintain critical electronic records, survey says
March 4, 2011 After investigating itself for almost a year, the Justice Department reported to the National Archives and Records Administration that it is unable to determine whether any e-mails related to its notorious 2002 "torture memos" were improperly destroyed. Read the whole story on Nextgov.com.
Buying less with more at the Pentagon; a guide for newcomers
March 3, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
After three decades covering the U.S. military, journalist Andrew Cockburn has seen it often enough to recognize the pattern: The Air Force spends $100 million to build an EC-130H aircraft with ground-penetrating radar to hunt for $25 homemade bombs buried along Afghan roadways -- and after hundreds of flights, finds ...
Buying less with more at the Pentagon; a guide for newcomers
March 3, 2011 After three decades covering the U.S. military, journalist Andrew Cockburn has seen it often enough to recognize the pattern: The Air Force spends $100 million to build an EC-130H aircraft with ground-penetrating radar to hunt for $25 homemade bombs buried along Afghan roadways -- and after hundreds of flights, finds ...
Improving public health one app at a time
March 1, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Got high blood pressure? There's an app for that. There's one for diabetes too. Another app that will watch your weight -- and report it to your doctor. Smart phones, cell phones and home computers are just waiting to launch the next big revolution in health care, said Robert Jarrin, ...
New portable DNA screener to debut this summer
February 24, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
The Homeland Security Department this summer plans to begin testing a DNA analyzer that's small enough to be easily portable and fast enough to return results in less than an hour. The analyzer, about the size of a laser printer, initially will be used to determine kinship among refugees and ...
From Nextgov.com: New portable DNA screener to debut this summer
February 24, 2011 The Homeland Security Department this summer plans to begin testing a DNA analyzer that's small enough to be easily portable and fast enough to return results in less than an hour. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.
Meet the newest battle-tested troops: Robots
February 22, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
There's one for every 50 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Typically they get the most dangerous assignments -- they're sent to inspect roadside bombs, enter suspicious buildings before others, and search for Taliban fighters in remote and hostile areas. They're robots, and their numbers are expanding rapidly. During the next two ...
U.S.-funded Arabic TV might have affected events in Egypt
February 17, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Alhurra TV, a U.S. government-funded Arabic language satellite television news channel, said on Thursday that 25 percent of Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria viewed its coverage of the 18-day uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from office on Feb. 11. The finding, which is based on a poll, puts Alhurra ...
U.S.-funded Arabic TV might have affected events in Egypt
February 17, 2011 Alhurra TV, a U.S. government-funded Arabic language satellite television news channel, said on Thursday that 25 percent of Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria viewed its coverage of the 18-day uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from office on Feb. 11. The finding, which is based on a poll, puts Alhurra ...
