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Video: NASA Heads Under the Ice
A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was on thin ice (literally) when testing a new rover.
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NASA Photos Show Pluto’s Surface Looks Like 'Dragon Scales'
Pluto's mountain ranges are perplexing scientists.
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Different Inventors with the Same Name? That’s a Problem for the Patent Office
On Thursday, USPTO held a competition to help it find an automatic method for differentiating between multiple inventors with the same name.
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If the Intelligence Community Can Do Cloud, Why Can’t The Rest of Government?
Many agencies today are still using cloud computing similar to 2010, one official says.
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Government Shutdown? Some Federal IT Systems Would be Unplugged, Websites Go Offline
Federal agencies were ordered to power down nonessential IT systems during the 2013 shutdown.
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Energy Department CTO Stepping Down, Joining the Private Sector
Pete Tseronis plans to leave by Nov. 1, 2015.
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Agencies Harnessing Data to Make Your Visit to a Government Office More Bearable
Feedback USA is a system of kiosks that allow citizens to rate their experience visiting field offices and other agency locations.
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The Top 10 Women Cyber Guardians You Should Know About
A roundup of influential information security leaders to watch.
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Does Government Need ‘Hardware-Separated’ Operating Systems?
We need a way to solve the “elevated privileges” dilemma.
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Only 1 in 7 of the Pentagon’s Emails is Legit
Out of 700 million emails sent to Pentagon account monthly, about 98 million are actually "good emails,” an official says.
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OPM Says 5 Times More Federal Employees Had Fingerprint Data Stolen in Hack Than First Believed
The number of federal personnel whose fingerprint data was stolen in the hack has increased from approximately 1.1 million people to 5.6 million.
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DHS Wants Boeing to Test a Brain Chip in Firm’s Self-Destructing 'Black' Spyphone
The secret sauce of the mobile device is a so-called neuromorphic computer chip that imitates human learning,
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HHS Focuses on Flexibility in New Health IT Plan
HHS' final Federal Health IT Strategic Plan leaves room for the unknown, according to health IT chief Karen DeSalvo.
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Some Legacy IT in Government Is so Old, It’s 'Indefensible,’ Official Says
Security remains a “bolt-on” rather than embedded into many IT systems.
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Pentagon to Industry: How Should We Do Cloud-Based Email for 1.6 Million Employees?
The Pentagon’s next-generation unclassified email system may exist entirely in the cloud.
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Agency Data Chiefs on the Move -- Some Out of Government
A handful of data chiefs have packed up and left their agencies -- or government altogether.
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Federal Researchers Want to Untangle Internet of Things
From fitness bracelets to driverless cars, IoT manufacturers need a common language.
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The EB-5 Visa Program Allows Thousands of Wealthy Foreigners to Buy Citizenship Each Year
Each year, the government grants green cards to 10,000 rich investors, the vast majority of whom are Chinese. Is this program creating enough jobs to warrant its continuation?
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What Facebook’s ‘Lean In’ Guru Can Teach Troops
"If the U.S. military can get this right, other industries will follow," Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said.
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