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Calling all gamers: Navy to crowdsource piracy problem

The Navy is turning to crowdsourcing in an attempt to generate fresh ideas for how to combat piracy on the high seas.

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Vince Lombardi and federal management

Sen. Tom Carper recalls a saying by a legendary sports figure to illustrate the importance of setting clear goals.

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What Networx and Whitesnake have in common

Government and industry leaders gave a range of answers when asked to respond to the word, Networx.

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Task force mines bin Laden cache for high-quality intelligence

The Defense Department and CIA are participating in a multi-agency task force to glean actionable intelligence from the large volume of material taken from Osama bin Laden's compound.

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An app that saves life and limb

A new application being developed by Harvard Researchers enables anyone with an iPhone to detect land mines, and to do so from a safer distance.

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Looking for a silver lining in military clouds

Two significant events with a bearing on military cloud computing occurred on the same day in the latter half of April.

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Standardized tech reaps rewards on battlefield

The strategy of using common technology standards for ground combat systems offers an array of benefits for warfighters.

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Time ran out for bin Laden thanks to latest tech

Terrorist leader Osama bin Laden's low-tech approach kept him hidden for years. But being off the grid eventually helped expose him, and new technology assisted in finding him.

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Kathy Conrad joins GSA Office of Citizen Services

Kathy Conrad of Jefferson Consulting is joining GSA's executive team to help federal agencies adopt new technologies.

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Open government goes gangsta

Show everyone you're down with open government without saying a word.

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Navy CIO rolls out new plans for IT, cyber recruitment

Navy CIO Terri Halvorsen's new memo outlines ambitious plans for integrating and reforming naval IT.

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Air Force awards pair of contracts for UAS support

Dynamics Research Corp. will continue to provide engineering and technology services to the Air Force, having won a pair of two-year delivery orders worth a combined $24.5 million.

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Beat the GSA administrator by a stride and win

GSA is giving out pedometers in a contest to out-walk Martha Johnson, GSA's chief, at the GSA Expo.

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Satellite terminals slim down for battlefield missions

The U.S. military is fielding compact satellite terminals that apply advances in electronics and satellite technology in smaller packages.

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Infantry squads struggle with weight of devices, batteries

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey has asked the service's Training and Doctorate Command to put together a list of integrated capabilities that will drive the requirements for what is needed by the infantry squad of the future.

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New missile warning satellite launched into orbit

A military satellite designed to substantially boost the Air Force's missile defense and detection capabilities was launched into space May 7 atop an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket.

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DARPA dares to explore strange new worlds

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information for a "100-Year Starship Study."

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Osama bin Laden's tech gear leaves communications trail

Now the U.S. military is tasked with making sense of all the technology seized at Osama bin Laden's compound.

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Small unmanned systems play outsized role in tactical operations

Technological advances for unmanned aircraft systems programs have facilitated new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for soldiers and Marines.

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Are bin Laden's hard drives an intelligence goldmine?

Fresh drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen and the rounding up of 40 suspects in Abbottabad, Pakistan, with ties to slain terrorist eader Osama bin Laden might be part of the intelligence windfall resulting from hard drives seized in the May 2 compound raid.