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Federal Agencies Start to Lose Competitive Edge for Cyber Workers

Federal cyber workers earn an average salary of $106,430, compared to $111,376 in the private sector.

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There’s Nowhere Cooler Than Here

A former federal IT executive reflects on whether government service can be ‘cool.’

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Pentagon: China Views Information Warfare as Key to Countering U.S. Pacific Forces

Space systems are essential to dominating the battlefield.

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Study Predicts BYOD Boom by 2016

You buy the smartphone and your boss pays for the plan in one recommended scenario.

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Top Tech Skills for 2013

Java is the most in-demand skill.

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The Worst Possible Cybersecurity Breaches Could Be Far Worse Than You Imagined

How much damage could a group of well-trained hackers do, economic and otherwise, if they really wanted to?

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Van Halen, Brown M&Ms, and the Bureaucracy

An explanation for tales of government stupidity.

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Video: Jon Stewart's 'Progress Report' on VA Claims Backlog

The Daily Show takes on the federal bureaucracy again.

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Lute: 'We Cannot Run Cyber Like an Intelligence Program'

On the eve of her departure, DHS Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute Reflects on an eventful tenure.

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Pentagon Approves Use of Samsung Android and New BlackBerry Devices

Apple devices still awaiting the Defense nod.

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IT Grads Command $60K in Starting Salaries; That's a Problem for Feds

Federal employees are now in their third straight year of frozen pay.

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Chinese Spy or Not, Don't Download Porn Onto a NASA Laptop

Bo Jiang was fired in January for taking a NASA laptop on holiday to China and shortly afterwards named a threat to national security.

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Labor’s Toxic Exposure Website Serves Up Spyware to Energy's Nuclear Workers

Council on Foreign Relations, NBC and renewable energy firm Capstone Turbine were previously hit by similar assaults.

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The Defense-VA-Vendor Conference Nobody Wants You to Know About

Press are prohibited from covering discussion of a multi-billion dollar health records system that will affect every service member.

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Eight Agencies Make Harvard’s Top 25 List for Government Innovation

HUD is recognized for two programs, one to foster economic growth and another to help failing communities.

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Feds Urge Major Industries To Take Steps To Deflect Data Wipe Virus

Tactics target Shamoon code that former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared ‘the most destructive attack’ to date.