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State Department Wants to Compile Cybersecurity 'Playbook'
World-class industry expertise is needed for planning tactics to block and perhaps strike back at hackers.
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How Government Techies Can Usher in the Next Generation of Federal Workers
18F hopes to match agencies with employees while benefiting both.
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NASA Plans to Hitch Rides on Comets – Using Harpoons and Tethers
The system may one day be used to hitchhike across the solar system.
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VA Official: New, Streamlined 'Vets.gov' Coming in November
The new hub is scheduled to go live on Veterans Day -- Nov. 11 -- of this year.
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Here’s What OPM Is Offering to Protect Hack Victims from Blackmail
Hint: It’s not $330 million worth of ID protection services.
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NASA Creates New Quick 'Self-Healing' Material
Hurtling through the endless void of space in a thin aluminum can as debris zips around in every direction may have just gotten a little safer.
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Teams in NASA’s Latest Challenge Compete to Have Their Inventions Sent into Space
NASA has completed the first round of its first space-based competition.
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Should Government Use 'Dark Web' Data to Warn Industry about Planned Attacks?
Tipping your hand could be a really bad idea.
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Redesigning Government Work for the Internet of Things
The proliferation of Internet-connected devices represents a new way of working.
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Government Will Actually Spend $330 Million to Protect Victims of the OPM Hack
The initial $133 million contract award covers only one year of ID protection services.
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5 Months after Detecting OPM Hack, Officials Begin Protecting 21.5 Million Victims At a Cost of $330 Million
In announcing an initial $133 million award to I.D. Experts for protection services, U.S. officials said they proceeded with caution to ensure they do not further inconvenience victims.
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Federal Agencies Vie for Spot at South by Southwest Tech Conference
Ideas have been submitted by two intelligence agencies and smart-car experts from the Transportation Department.
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DHS Switches on Retooled Virtual Fence Along Arizona Border
Border Patrol has been watching videos of potentially suspicious activity from sensor-studded towers for two weeks.
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What Can the Postal Service Learn from Uber?
The Office of the Inspector general suggested apps for mobile payment, and for scanning packages and paying for their pickup.
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OMB, Treasury Hammer Out Final DATA Act Standards
The new data standards aim to make it easier for the public and good-government groups to track federal dollars.
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NASA Proposes Next Mission for New Horizons: Beyond Pluto
2014 MU69 lives in the Kuiper Belt, a far region of the solar system that contains objects mostly made of ices
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Hurry! Last Call to Register for Nextgov Prime 2015: Data, Cybersecurity, and the Government of Tomorrow
Nextgov Prime takes place Sept. 9.
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services to Host Twitter ‘Office Hours’
USCIS officials hope to provide another avenue for customers to ask questions and receive real-time feedback.
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Video: The Closest You Can Get to Space Without Leaving Earth
Where the extreme cold of space can be found in Houston, Texas.
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