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Pentagon App Store Is Open, but the Shelves Are Pretty Bare

The Defense Information Systems Agency so far has approved only one software application designed specifically for troops—to report sexual assault.

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Feds: You Need to Fix Your TSP Passwords This Weekend

The federal retirement program website is changing its policy to stop giving identity thieves clues about how to crack employee passwords.

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Cancer Maps Show the Power and Limits of Data for Public Policy

You can learn a lot about people’s vulnerability from where they live, but other factors are tougher to track.

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The Fingerprint Scanner You Don't Want on Your Smartphone

The FBI plans to offer agents smartphone apps for checking a suspect's biometric data against information in criminal records.

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Smith Tries for BRAC, McKeon Shoots Him Down

The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says his proposal would avoid the costly mistakes of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure. By Ben Watson

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Odierno: Ukraine Shows Us ‘You Never Know What’s Around the Corner’

In an exclusive interview with Defense One, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno talks about the future of the Army and the threats posed by an unstable world. By James Kitfield

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Pentagon Smartphone Plan Is Off to a Slow Start

The Defense Department's program for adopting commercial mobile devices is officially operational, but problems remain.

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The NSA Might Hire You If You Can Crack Their Coded Tweet

The challenge is 'part of recruitment efforts to attract the best and the brightest.'

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Every Country Will Have Armed Drones Within 10 Years

The proliferation of weaponized drone technology is inevitable, and there’s nothing the U.S. can do to stop it. By Patrick Tucker

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It’s Too Soon to Cut Funding for A-10s, Lawmakers Say

The A-10’s capabilities are too great to pass off to jets and too cheap for the Pentagon to turn its back on the fleet just yet, according to eight senators. By Ben Watson

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It's Hard to Say If This Baltimore Crime Lab Whittled Down Its DNA Sample Backlog

Federally funded lab's databases weren't linked, so progress was impossible to determine, IG finds.

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House to Advance Bill to End Mass NSA Surveillance

The USA Freedom Act, with more than 140 co-sponsors, will get a vote in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

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Wanted: Smart Snowplows With Infrared Radar and Virtual Reality Systems

The Federal Highway Administration is upping its snow-removal game.

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We’re Saved! Experts Show How to Fix U.S. Cybersecurity

The four-hour experiment that showed how to fix our nation’s infrastructure from cyberattack. By Patrick Tucker

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Congress’s Chance to Fix Aircraft Carrier Drones

The Navy could have the drone the U.S. needs to protect carriers, if Congress steps up this week. By Shawn Brimley

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Intel Firm Links Ukraine Energy Debt With Potential Cyber Assault

Recorded Future drilled into a wide range of Web data to create a speculative timeline of potential network attacks.