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19 Firefighters Reported Dead in Arizona Wildfire
The fire is currently at zero containment.
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Pentagon Spent Millions to Counter Insider Threats After WikiLeaks Fiasco
That didn't stop Edward Snowden from downloading highly classified data at NSA.
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U.S. Providing Aircraft That Afghans Can't Fly
Defense also awarded a $550 million contract to a Russian agency that provides aircraft to Syria.
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Innovative Funding Begets Innovative Development
A USAID-funded project to chlorinate drinking water near its source will affect 5 million people by 2015.
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Coming Soon to Your Agency: Virtual Internships
State Department program is set to expand this fall.
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The Army Has Partially Blocked Access to The Guardian
Blocking public access to classified information is routine, spokesperson says.
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Navy Awards $3.5 Billion Network Contract to HP Enterprise Services
NGEN will serve 800,000 Navy and Marine users.
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NSA Networks Might Have Been Missing Anti-Leak Technology
Former agency official says a Defensewide system aimed at countering insider threats was not installed as of summer 2012.
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Saving Government Tweets Is Tougher Than You Think
The National Archives wants working groups to make sure agencies are retaining social media records.
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Earthquake Could Cause Los Alamos Plutonium Facility to Collapse
Collapse could result in release of deadly radiation, Energy IG says.
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Remote Workers Log More Hours, More Engaged Than In-Office Peers
More good news for federal agencies that are embracing telework.
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Too Much Collaboration Is Hurting Productivity
Some of that new technology aimed at fostering innovation could be a bad thing.
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No Red Phone Ever Connected the White House to Moscow
Another case of 'direct access' not being quite what you first thought.
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Taxpayer Advocate’s Solution to Scandal
Targeting conservatives violated 8 of 10 tenets of proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
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VA Disability Claims Backlog Expected to Fall Below 800,000 on Wednesday
Agency was a few hundred claims away from ‘a number we haven’t seen in a long time.’
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NSA Chief Delivers Pep Talk to Spy Staff
An agencywide memo from Gen. Keith Alexander states he will 'take the heat' for the controversy over ongoing domestic surveillance.
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How Zombie Phones Could Create a Gigantic, Mobile Botnet
Android operating system is most vulnerable.
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Feds Still Ahead on Telework
Government leads the private sector on expanding opportunities to work remotely.
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Navy Relieves Enterprise IT Program Manager
Capt. Shawn Hendricks had an “improper relationship” with a female contractor, officials said.
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