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Air Force Takes First Step Toward Unified Pay and Personnel Records
Service awards IBM an $11.9 million deal to develop a blueprint for an integrated system.
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Feds: Give Us a Seamless Mobile Connection and We'll Get a Lot More Done
Outdated IT hinders productivity, survey of 209 top feds finds.
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The Next Solar Manufacturing Boom Will Be in the Middle East
Here's more proof that the center of the solar-power universe is shifting.
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Pentagon Weighs Enlarging Nuclear Surveillance Program
An upgraded monitoring system would fine tune algorithms and enhance data analysis to better detect foreign nuclear activity.
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Why Is the Pentagon Dragging Its Feet on 3D Printing?
Troops in Afghanistan are testing 3D printers on the battlefield, but the military's acquisition process is getting in their way. By Kyle Chayka
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Hagel Admits U.S. Influence in Egypt Is ‘Limited’
In his first public remarks about the violence in Egypt, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says “it will be their responsibility to sort this out.” By Kevin Baron
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White House Expands Guidance on Promoting Open Data
Agencies get specifics on goals for creating machine-readable formats.
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Exclusive: NSA Loophole Keeps Congress Clueless on Foreign Intel Violations
The leaked audit showing the NSA broke privacy rules nearly 3,000 times in one year is just the tip of the iceberg. The NSA is not telling Congress much more. By Marc Ambinder
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Ignore Those Rumors: The White House Doesn’t Oppose IT Reform, Lawmaker says
The U.S. CIO and other officials are more supportive of reform than it might appear, according to Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.
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Coast Guard Aviators Shop for a Course-Plotting iPad App
To avoid a cockpit computer hijacking, USCG should require the software be made-in-America, security experts warn.
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If They Had to Choose, Cyber Pros Would Take More Staff Over Larger Budgets
The most important factor in improving security is having enough skilled cyber professionals, Black Hat attendees said.
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Leaked NSA Audit Found Agency Broke Privacy Rules 'Thousands' of Times
New information raises fresh concerns about surveillance oversight.
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Hackers Threaten a Texas Baby, Hit Miss Teen USA with Sextortion, Target an Indian Telecom
Just another harrowing week in ThreatWatch, our compendium of notable data breaches.
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U.S. and Australian Troops Relied on Internet Chat Rooms to Conduct Joint Exercise
Backpack satellite radios also played a key role.
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Sexual Assault Reform or 'Slippery Slope' for Military Justice?
The all-or-nothing battle over removing sexual assault cases from command authority shouldn’t stop real reform from happening. By James Kitfield
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State Department May Give Embassy Drone Surveillance Another Shot
Officials cancelled an earlier bid for the aircraft, but they've scaled back requirements in a new notice to contractors.
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What the NSA’s Massive Org Chart (Probably) Looks Like
Amid public cries for greater transparency into the intelligence world, here’s a look at the National Security Agency’s organizational chart -- as far as we know it. By Marc Ambinder
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How a Cat Helped Pioneer New Postal Service Technology, Circa 1897
It's like a Dr. Seuss story, only it actually happened.
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