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With the death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida will be changing. There\'s some concern that it will look to cyberterrorism as a path to the future.
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Sunday night\'s news of the death of Osama bin Laden proved that people have established Twitter as a source for news - and sometimes their first source for news. But is the microblogging service influential enough for agencies to establish positions to oversee Twitter accounts?
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The Army plans to use video game technology to train soldiers to safely dispose of improvised explosive devices. The Army\'s Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey has received a patent for a virtualized environment that will train explosives disposal personnel to use robotic vehicles. The simulator is designed to precisely mimic the controls of the Talon robots the Army uses in theater, as well as the environments where IEDs tend to be found, like in sandbags or courtyards. The Army says it gives soldiers a chance to train safely in what would otherwise be a dangerous environment.
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NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development have signed a five-year agreement that will put the space agency\'s data about the earth to work for USAID. The agency plans to use NASA imagery and other geospatial technologies to help developing countries solve challenges around issues like climate change, agriculture, disaster response and energy. The agreement builds on a joint program the two agencies have already been using to help forecast environmental changes that impact residents in Central America, East Africa and the Himalayas.
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TRICARE, the military\'s managed healthcare system, is taking a step forward in letting its beneficiaries see their own health records online. The agency\'s \"Blue Button\" tool is getting an upgrade that now lets users see their lab results, patient history and diagnoses. The site already gave TRICARE users the ability to view their own allergy and medication profiles. TRICARE says they developed the system as a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The system already has more than 250,000 users.
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With the death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida will be changing. There\'s some concern that it will look to cyberterrorism as a path to the future.
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Defense intelligence community members and industry peers have come together for knowledge sharing, training and discussion of current and future information technology (IT) challenges and requirements. We get details from Booz Allen\'s Mike McConnell, the former Director of National Intelligence.
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Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging discussion of how the nation\'s cybersecurity efforts have changed over the years. May 2, 2011 (Encore presentation May 9, 2011)
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Dale Meyerrose, former Chief Information Officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He discusses what\'s changed from 2001 to 2011.
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The Deputy commander of Navy Fleet cyber command Rear Admiral Bill Leigher explains the significance of this realignment.
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Information sharing has come a long way since Sept. 11, 2001. This interagency collaboration will be key to military successes, especially as the Defense Department prepares for massive spending cuts.
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The Army will open its next Apps for Army challenge to industry and the public, officials said Friday. The process is focused on developing capabilities that are not dependent on any particular platform.
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Cloud computing is one of the major issues being discussed in the federal IT community. Just last week, federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra announced the progress various agencies are making in an effort to hit the administration’s cloud-first goals. Some agencies are moving faster than others, including the General Services Administration, which plans to [...]
May 01, 2011
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