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Is This PRISM 2.0?
Microsoft alerts feds to bugs before issuing a public patch, allowing Washington to exploit the vulnerabilities.
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CIA Gave Amazon a Leg Up on Cloud Deal
Intelligence agency unfairly allowed the company to weaken security requirements, auditor finds.
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Obama Breaks Ranks With Senior Executives
A shortsighted decision to shut down a senior executive bonus program.
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Video: The Daily Show’s Rules For Politicians on Twitter
With Hillary Clinton joining the social network, John Oliver and Jessica Williams have advice.
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The ‘Ramp’ Into the Federal Cloud Market Is More Like a Climb
Government and industry concede FedRAMP does not cover all agency security requirement.
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Special Ops Command Extends Booz Allen’s IT Management Deal
The decision comes three days after employee claims responsibility for one of the largest intel leaks in history.
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Forest Service Fights Massive Colorado Fire With its Largest Airtankers
Colorado Guard and Fort Carson units deploy firefighting helicopters.
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Why Edward Snowden's Education Matters Very Little
Motives and ethics are more important in the hunt for tech workers, one analyst says.
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China Thwarts Its Citizens’ Access to White House Petition
The appeal asked the U.S. to deport a well-connected Chinese woman accused of trying to poison her college roommate in the 1990s.
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Contractor Work on $2 Billion NSA Computer Compounds Is Kept Quiet
Construction crews are speeding toward completion of a mammoth data center in Utah and computing facility in Maryland.
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VA Reaches ‘Tipping Point’ in Processing Backlogged Disability Claims
Department reduced pending claims by 74,000 since March.
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Senator Slams Pentagon for Its Electronic Health Record Strategy
Patty Murray says the ‘best option’ would be an open source system with VA.
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Pentagon Will Soon Count Contractors – At a Cost
Defense comptroller does not specify how high the price-tag will be.
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Analysis: Government’s Vast Lockers of Data Threaten Basic Individual Freedoms
Freedom is a joke when a life's history resides forever in a vast database.
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Think That Government Prize Contest Was Fixed? Take It To Court.
GAO lacks jurisdiction over the competitions, agency says.
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Agencies Aren't Honest About Tech Spending and Risks, Auditor Says
The Pentagon doesn't regard any of it's IT program 'high risk,' despite contrary GAO assessments.
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Company Drops its Protest of Forest Service Airtanker Awards
Aircraft may not be ready before fire season winds down.
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Demand for Tech Pros Continues to Climb
More candidates are rejecting offers than were six months ago.
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GSA Considers Mobile Options for Issuing Federal Employee IDs
The agency is asking vendors about identity proofing advances forecast for 2014.
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