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Hacker Arrested for Compromising Federal Employee and Service Member Info
NASA and Missile Command Agency were among the suspect's targets.
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Obama Twitter Account, Campaign Group's Emails Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
Pro-regime hackers say the U.S. president's terrorism capabilities 'are quite high.'
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HealthCare.gov Roundup: Nov. 30, Top of the ‘Punch List,’ Rap Genius
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
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Hackers Avenge Kissers, Snap Hospital Photos and Graffiti Qatar
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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HealthCare.gov’s New Chief Fixer Doesn’t Know Who’s on the Team
QSSI said Thursday it wasn’t familiar with a plan to fix the ailing marketplace; On Friday it was leading the team.
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New Plan to Fix Obamacare Website by Nov. 30
Back-end data issues are at the top of the punch list, Zients says.
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CGI’s HealthCare.gov Testimony is Annotated on Rap Genius
The site designed to decode rap lyrics has become a source of news analysis.
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Hagel Could Remove One of the NSA Chief’s Key Duties: Running Cyber Command
The National Security Agency director's dual role exacerbates tension between the intelligence and military communities, former officials say.
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Officials Spent Just Two Weeks Testing HealthCare.gov Prior to Launching It
In contrast, the website Medicare.com underwent months of assessment.
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Each U.S. Troop In Afghanistan Now Costs $2.1 Million
The average U.S. troop cost will nearly double in the final year of the war. By Kevin Baron
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Officials Aren’t Counting the Growing Cost of Online Obamacare Fraud
FBI, FTC and HHS say tracking dollars lost to fake exchanges and other sites that prey on insurance applicants isn’t their responsibility.
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Obama Wasn’t Warned, 5 Million Lines of Code and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
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Issa Demands Details on HealthCare.gov Fix
Key Republican wants to know who was recruited for the ‘tech surge’ and what they’re doing.
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Could the HealthCare.gov Glitches Be Good for IT Recruiting?
Top tech pros may be looking for meaningful challenges.
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Now You Can Petition Some Members of Congress Directly
Paul Ryan and Elizabeth Warren are among the early adopters of a website that invites citizens to tell lawmakers what they really want.
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This Time, Citizens Collect Feds’ Communications Metadata
A Verizon glitch exposed government officials' text message histories, researchers say.
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White House Accused of Letting Politics Influence HealthCare.gov Design
Democrats say GOP is playing politics now instead of helping people get insured.
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VA Processed 100,000 Fewer Claims Than Planned Last Year
Department received 20 percent fewer claims than it expected.
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HealthCare.gov: Technology Failures Are Government Failures
There's no sense in distinguishing the insurance marketplaces from the website that supports them.
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