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Hunting Licenses to Shoot at Drones: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Voters in Deer Trail, Colo., will decide on the initiative in April.
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A Crusader for Limited Government to the End
Sen. Tom Coburn laments the laws he failed to stop.
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VA Software Upgrade Bares Beneficiary Medical and Financial Data
Officials took the joint Defense-Veterans Affairs e-Benefits website offline while they address the problem.
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Deciphering Obama’s Necessary Message to the Intelligence Community
President Obama’s NSA speech was what the public, and intelligence workers, needed to hear. The president of one intelligence group explains why. By Joseph R. DeTrani
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Obama Lauds OMB Staffers
President picks unusual location to sign omnibus appropriations bill into law.
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BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System
About 80,000 of them and 1,800 Apple and Android phones and tablets will be managed by the system launching Jan. 31.
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It’s Official: Accenture Wins Contract to Manage HealthCare.gov
HHS will pay the contractor $91 million to manage the site for one year.
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Target Data Breach Saga Is Starting to Resemble an International Spy Thriller
It may be part of a larger, unprecedented attack on U.S. retailers by Russian hackers.
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NSA on Text Messages: 'A Goldmine to Exploit'
NSA and British partners collect 194 million texts a day.
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Gates Tells Jon Stewart He 'Failed' on Joint Health Record
Could not overcome turf wars, the former Defense secretary says.
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Congressional Intel Leaders Want Little Changed Ahead of Obama Speech
House and Senate intelligence committee bosses hope that whatever NSA and other reforms President Obama wants, he can do with executive authority and without legislation. By Stacy Kaper and Michael Catalini
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Congress Tries to Curtail NSA Spying, Sort Of
Issue of eavesdropping on specific U.S. individuals’ communications is personal for Senators and House members.
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HealthCare.gov Is Secure, Says CMS Official Who Voiced Early Concerns
The Obamacare marketplace underwent end-to-end security testing in mid-December
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Last Chance to Nominate a Peak Public Servant
Deadline is looming for this year’s Service to America Medals.
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HASC Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon to Retire
The longtime chairman of the House Armed Services Committee will not seek re-election. By Kevin Baron
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Oscar Loves Uncle Sam
2013 Academy Awards honor films with plots involving federal law enforcement, astronauts -- and even the FDA.
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Air Force Nuke Officers Used Text Messages to Cheat on Exam
What began as a drug probe has implicated 34 officers in a cheating scandal.
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Quit Wasting Money on e-Health Records, Congress Tells Defense and VA
Lawmakers want both departments to focus on interoperability.
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