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Can Technology Pave the Road for Peace in the Middle East?

New investments in technology may eventually help Palestinians flourish, but obstacles still loom large.

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Americans: Furloughs Were So Last Month

Number of Google searches for ‘furlough’ has dipped since agencies finalized plans.

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Why Humans Still Can't Go to Mars

It's not just the cost -- there's a big technical problem to solve.

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Hack Strikes Feds in Drupal.org Community

Websites running the widely-used open source content management system are unaffected.

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Management and the Romney Transition That Wasn't

The would-be president would have had a relatively small transition staff dedicated to federal management issues.

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Meet Jennifer Pahlka: She Wants to Reboot the Way You Work

The founder of Code for America will soon become the deputy U.S. chief technology officer.

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Defense Contractors Vastly Outnumber Troops in Afghanistan

The Pentagon spent $160 billion on contractor support for two wars between 2007 and 2012.

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Is IT the Department of 'No?'

A number of government leaders say it's hard to get new technology approved.

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New Program Will Help Agencies Manage Mobile Devices

The GSA program will help agencies remotely manage thousands of employee smartphones and tablets at lower costs.

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Op-ed: The Human Side of Cyber Threats

An agency’s biggest data security vulnerability is its employees.

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How Hard Will Lisa Jackson Pressure Apple's Suppliers on the Environment?

The former EPA chief faces new challenges.

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Cell Providers Must Bounce Back 911 Texts That Don’t Go Through

Text-to-911 service is coming for major wireless carriers in 2014.

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Army Puts Out Casting Call for Spanish Radio Novella

Program would promote family values to counter guerilla messaging.

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China Doesn't Care if Its 'Digitalized' Military Cyberwar Drill Scares You

The drill is taking place on a large military training field and not some underground hack-a-thon bunker.

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A Bureaucrat With a Name and a Face

Letter responds to criticism that regulations are written by 'thousands of unnamed, unreachable bureaucrats.'

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Millennials Are Rewriting the Definition of Work

Younger workers want to work where and when they want.

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Exposure of DHS Employees’ Personal Data Shows Widespread Risk

Law enforcement officials discovered workers’ personal information had been leaked since 2009.