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Thousands of Weather Satellite Bugs Won’t Be Fixed For Years
IG slams Raytheon and NOAA for failing to fix security holes on ground control system.
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North Carolina Teachers Are 'Easy Pickings' for Texas Recruiters
Low salaries make Tar Heel State educators vulnerable to poaching.
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Under Further Scrutiny, Obamacare Website Gets CEO
Twenty HealthCare.gov-related contracts cost more than estimated, while the cost of seven more than doubled.
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How Legalized Marijuana Is Also a Long-Term ‘Knowledge Experiment’ in Washington State
A new Brookings Institution report details the ‘innovative policy framework’ to study Initiative 502’s social impacts.
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Pentagon Accepts Bids on Long-Awaited Health Records Contract
The solicitation is the first step in what could be an $11 billion effort over the next decade to modernize the Pentagon's health records system.
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VA to Kick Off Hunt For New Patient Scheduling System Next Month
By the end of September, VA plans to issue a solicitation for a new system to manage the scheduling of veterans’ medical appointments.
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Will Obama's New Tech Squad Include Cyber Experts?
Digital Service team announcement didn’t mention privacy or security, while snoops continue targeting Internet users.
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Napa Official: ‘Very Impressive Progress’ Made on Earthquake Recovery
City services are being quickly restored after damaging quake.
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Why is LinkedIn So Popular With Employees of the US Army?
Only IBM and HP have more current employees on the professional networking site.
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Smithsonian's Panda Cub Celebrates First Birthday
America's cutest federal charge gets feted at the National Zoo.
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Two Ousted Mayors Aren’t Going Quietly
One has rebranded himself as the “mobile mayor” while the other files a lawsuit.
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Hacktivists Swipe Ferguson Officers’ Personal Data
It's unclear how much information was compromised.
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Obama, Iraq and the Coming War Powers Fight With Congress
To keep the U.S. fighting in Iraq, President Obama is quietly reconsidering the very Bush-era authorities he condemned. By Molly O’Toole
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Napa Quake Reminds California Officials of Unknown Seismic Risks
State has made slow progress to map its earthquake faults after tight budgets.
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Hackers Taint the Caribbean, Smuggle Patient Data, and Bring Gaza to Delaware
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Will Court Move Clear the Way to Mass Government Hacking?
A single warrant could authorize federal officials to inject malware into hundreds of suspects’ -- and victims’ -- computers.
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Is Pentagon’s ‘Security Cooperation’ Office Too Cooperative With Israel?
Officials complained the Defense Department is a little too eager to ship arms to the U.S. Ally.
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Report: Todd Park to Step Down as Federal CTO
Park plans to move to Silicon Valley, where he will help recruit tech talent for government jobs.
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Scientists Figure Out Why Grunts Groan
It’s the ever-increasing load, researchers at the International Congress on Soldiers' Physical Performance conclude.
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