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Defense Plans Secret Global Social Media Data Mining Project Based in Europe
Project aims to 'identify violent extremist influences.'
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Marines May Ditch DISA for Private Cloud to Host Combat Support System
Service also wants a single systems integrator for 15 personnel systems.
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Lost Your CAC Card? Prove It, Pentagon Says
Employees attempting to obtain replacement CAC cards must verify theirs have been lost or stolen.
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What Obama's New Cyber Standards Mean for Federal Contractors
The guidelines will likely be mandatory to win agency business.
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Here's Why Cutting 20 Percent of Hagel's Staff Is a Bad Idea
The Defense Department’s plan to cut across staff headquarters by 20 percent at least deserves independent analysis. By Robert Ogden
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Senate Republicans in a Box on Veterans Benefits
Democratic majority is pushing for a bill that repeals cuts to military pensions without offsetting the cost.
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How Big Data Could Help the U.S. Predict the Next Snowden
DNI James Clapper wants intelligence workers put into a big data cloud the U.S. can surveil, and it just might work. by Patrick Tucker
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TSA Wants Machines to Scan Through Your Coat, Shoes and Belt
Desired technology could automatically screen 250 airplane passengers an hour.
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HP Gets Another $138 Million to Keep the Old Navy Network Operational
Boost reflects delay in transition to new network.
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Defense Mulls Location-Specific Health Record Licenses
The department wants to buy discounted software on an enterprise basis.
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Intelligence Leaders: Al-Qaida Is Not on Path to Defeat
"It is morphing and franchising itself, not only here but in other areas of the world," James Clapper said.
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Five Things That Cost More Than Space Exploration
Does the U.S. spend too much on space exploration, or not enough?
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Five Major Drug Chains to Adopt Blue Button Prescription Standards
Wide use of VA-developed data format expected to reduce dosing errors, save lives.
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Officials Seek Industry Input on How to Comply With Obama's NSA Reforms
Could a contractor store all that metadata or is that an inherently governmental function?
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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.’
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Is Syria Now a Direct Threat to the United States?
The militancy nurtured by the civil war appears to be spreading—just as diplomacy falters.
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Sham 'My Army Benefits' Site May Have Stolen Soldiers' Credentials
The unofficial site purports to offer soldiers unclaimed and accumulated financial assistance.
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Democrats Set Trap for Republicans on Veterans Benefits
Both parties are racing to reverse $6 billion in military retirements cuts, but first they plan to trade plenty of partisan blows.
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