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Feds divulge sensitive mapping data to head off Colorado wildfires
Officials grant state authorities access to information about critical infrastructure.
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Who's in Charge of Alien Response?
It's not clear who's responsible for managing an extraterrestrial encounter.
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Thousands flee Colorado Springs fire
Air Force Academy evacuates 2,100 residents as it prepares for the arrival of a new class of cadets.
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Eye on crime: The FBI is building a database of iris scans
The bureau is tapping into the proliferation of biometric data state and local law enforcement agencies are collecting.
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Military needs better technology to evade increasingly sophisticated enemy radar systems
DARPA is hosting a classified briefing to develop better countermeasures.
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Air Force needs another $1 billion for network hardware
The service is extending its existing NETCENTS contract by six months.
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Joint Chiefs Chair to Military: Stay Out of Politics
Gen. Martin Dempsey speaks out forcefully for the principle of political neutrality.
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DHS to give agencies free computer threat-detection packages
Continuous monitoring program would draw $200 million from Homeland Security’s 2013 budget.
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Building an army of ones and zeros and the troops who know how to wield them
The Defense Department must staff its emerging Cyber Command with men and women who possess both digital and physical skills.
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Issa: Transparency Measure Dead in Senate
DATA Act has passed House, but is pending in a Senate committee.
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Work-Life Balance: Worse in Government?
Is it harder to have it all when working for Uncle Sam?
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Digital strategy group works on 'bring your own device' guidelines
Federal CIO also launches an innovation center to share digital best practices.
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The IRS, Churches and Politics
Agency enforcement of policies against electioneering by pastors halted three years ago.
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Agency-owned PCs could soon be relics of a bygone era
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker predicts employees will have to buy their own computers for work in the near future.
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OSC sends a stern warning about reading employees’ emails
FDA’s whistleblower case provokes the reminder, but is not the only factor.
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TSA wants spyware to screen employees’ digital activities for leaks
The agency’s pursuit of insider threat software coincides with a warning against tracking whistleblowers' communications.
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DHS drones scout Caribbean for cartel speedboats, submarines
Homeland Security is deploying remotely piloted aircraft to pinpoint stealthy vessels off the coast of Mexico.
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No one knows how much energy older federal data centers use
Ineffective measurement is an obstacle to determining data center power consolidation savings.
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