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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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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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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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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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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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HealthCare.gov Built by 'Rookies;' Fixes Could Take Weeks

Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.

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How the U.S. Can Maintain the Undersea Advantage

The U.S. should not assume its military advantage is guaranteed under the sea, where the traffic and threats are getting more crowded than ever. By Adm. Jonathan Greenert

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FBI Investigates Laser Pointer Attacks on Airline Pilots

Pilots at New York City's LaGuardia airport were temporarily blinded.