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IT Unemployment Rate Half the National Average

The unemployment rate among information technology (IT) professionals remains at about half of the national average at 4.4% in the first quarter of 2012 -- and that's no...

July 07, 2012 by Nextgov

Hello, Big Brother: FBI Is Building a Database of Iris Scans

US & World By 2014, the FBI plans to test a database for searching iris scans nationwide to quickly track criminals, according to budget documents and a contractor working on the...

July 05, 2012 by Nextgov

State Dept. Sticks With 'Sea of Japan,' Despite 100K Petitioners

US & World The State Department engaged in a little online diplomacy Friday when it responded to one of the most popular petitions to climb the White House's We the People citizen...

July 03, 2012 by Nextgov

Buyer Beware: Mobile Payments May Not Be Secure

Some current financial rules may not apply to the growing number of mobile payment systems, government officials told a House subcomittee on Friday. Stephanie Martin,...

June 29, 2012 by Nextgov

U.S. Military to Build Its Own Reddit-Like System

US & World The U.S. Department of Defense is planning to launch a Reddit-like platform where service members can post new ideas and vote them up or down, according to a Defense News...

June 27, 2012 by Nextgov

Air Force Needs Another $1 Billion for Network Hardware

US & World The Air Force said it plans to extend for six months its current network hardware contract as it struggles to get new contract vehicles in place. The extension carries a...

June 27, 2012 by Nextgov

Company-Owned PCs Will Soon Be a Thing of The Past

Veterans Affairs Department Chief Information Officer Roger Baker predicts that within five or six years VA will no longer furnish employees with computers. Instead, they...

June 22, 2012 by Nextgov

The Vatican Makes Bids for Top-Level Domain Status

The Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Vatican's media arm, requested the top-level domain .catholic. It was part of the nearly 2,000 new generic top-level...

June 16, 2012 by Nextgov

U.S. Navy Seeks Social Media Tracker to Measure Its Reach

The U.S. Navy is seeking a software suite to comb social media networks and news sites to determine if it's sending the right messages to the public, according to recent...

June 14, 2012 by Nextgov

Pentagon Developing $1.3 Million Unmanned Sewing Machine

The Pentagon's venture capital arm has dished out $1.3 million to technology developer Softwear Automation to build an unmanned sewing machine, documents reveal. The...

June 07, 2012 by Nextgov

Phone Therapy Successful in Treating Depression [STUDY]

Depressed patients are more likely to stick with talk therapy provided over the telephone than with therapy provided in person, according a study published in the Journal...

June 06, 2012 by Nextgov

Even the Pentagon Wants in on the 3D-Printing Craze

US & World The Pentagon will fund an institute for agencies, companies and academics to advance three-dimensional printing techniques, with the eventual goal of cheaper and faster...

May 09, 2012 by Nextgov

Threats to Industrial Systems Are Growing, Says Homeland Security Cyber Chief

US & World The government is witnessing an uptick in assaults on the computers that control industrial operations such as power transmission and transportation, the top Homeland...

May 03, 2012 by Nextgov

Pentagon Wants Help Keeping Satellites From Getting Lost in Space

US & World The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking automated techniques to identify and track satellites in orbit so they don’t get lost in space, a solicitation...

May 01, 2012 by Nextgov

Hackers, IRS Insiders and Others Will Steal Billions in Tax Refunds

US & World Illegal tax refunds, including some forged by IRS employees, are paid more often than they are caught, IRS's watchdog is expected to tell lawmakers Thursday morning....

April 19, 2012 by Nextgov

ICANN Extends Application Deadline for Dot-Anything Domains

The group that runs the Internet's address system is extending by a week the deadline for applications to run a new top-level domain name such as .horse or .bank to...

April 13, 2012 by Nextgov

State-Sponsored Cyber Spies Want Your Facebook Status, Researchers Say

Facebook frequently takes flack for privacy invasions, but the next controversial byproduct of the social network may be cyber espionage, according to security...

April 09, 2012 by Nextgov

Weak Passwords Render Major Power Supplier Vulnerable to Hackers, Audit Finds

US & World A federal utility in the Pacific Northwest that powers 30% of the region, including key military installations, is vulnerable to computer breaches, according to an...

April 04, 2012 by Nextgov

NSA to Crack Codes With Big Data

US & World Part of the Pentagon's $250 million investment in finding significance within the gazillions of disparate data produced worldwide will go toward decoding foreign secrets,...

March 30, 2012 by Nextgov