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The SSA Employee Behind All the Great Data on Baby Name Popularity
Michael Shackleford was determined to avoid giving his child a common name.
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How to Save $1 Million Annually for Every 7,500 Email Users
Agencies are cutting energy consumption through cloud computing and data center consolidation.
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How Boston Police Could Examine Videos From the Boston Bombing
Forensic video analysis remains a time-consuming, human task.
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A Framework for Response to Boston Explosions
A fusion center sponsored by the Homeland Security Department will likely serve as a hub.
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Cybersecurity Jobs Continue to Pay Better Than Others
High demand nearly erases gender gap in salaries.
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Commentary: Digital Government Has a Ways to Go
President Obama’s call to serve citizens online still needs to trickle down to the state and local level.
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Is Government Cool Again for IT Pros?
One CEO predicts a wave of new fed IT hires as workers leave because of sequestration or retirements.
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Nudging Shinseki Out at VA?
Lawmakers call for the VA secretary to resign amidst growing criticism of the huge backlog of veterans' benefits claims.
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House Oversight Chairman Calls IT Budget Request Misleading
Poor reporting makes it impossible to tell whether IT spending is up or down, Issa says.
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VA Seeks a 10 Percent IT Funding Boost in 2014
The top development priority is the integrated electronic health record with Defense.
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2014 Budget Invests in IT Workforce
Goals include identifying specific skills gaps in mission critical occupations like IT and cybersecurity, modifying the federal personnel system, addressing the pending retirement wave and expanding telework programs.
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State Department Looks After the Next Cyber Threat: Africa
Developing economies viewed as menace to themselves online with little security infrastructure.
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Obama Seeks Slight Increase in Tech Spending for Fiscal 2014
The president’s proposed budget includes a 2 percent hike for IT.
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VA’s Top Budget Priority: Processing Disability Claims
Total cost of new system is pegged at more than half a billion dollars through 2014.
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Did Jon Stewart Foil the Pentagon's Health Records Plan?
The comedian could finally do what Congress hasn't been able to do: Force the Defense Department to address its ‘intolerable’ system.
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Video: David Stockman Talks Budget on The Daily Show
Former Reagan Cabinet member tells Jon Stewart that economic stimulus plans are like a narcotic.
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Homeland Security No. 2 Departs After Fostering Civilian Cyber Workforce
Jane Holl Lute strove to position her department, not the Pentagon, as U.S. network defender.
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EPA Relaxes Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents
Watchdog groups blast a new guide for coping with a disaster's environmental fallout.
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