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Head of country's cyber agency resigns

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Steve Henn
Jul 26, 2011
The Department of Defense doesn't want to talk about why Randy Vickers resigned as director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team. US- CERT...
Posted In: Congress, government, military, security
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Another Way to Elect a President

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Steve Henn
Jul 25, 2011
If the Philadelphia's constitutional convention were held today, what would elections look like? Americans Elect are hoping to use the net to...
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Government layoffs at computer centers

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John Moe
Jul 20, 2011
The US government will close 800 of its 2000 computer data centers. New technology, like cloud computing and spreading the data crunching load...
Posted In: cloud, cloud computing, government
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The US government makes the most requests of Google

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John Moe
Jun 28, 2011
Google says it received 4,601 requests for information on users from the US government in the last six months of 2010. That's more than double the...
Posted In: Google, government, privacy
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LulzSec and Anonymous declare war on all governments

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John Moe
Jun 20, 2011
So who are you rooting for: the entire sociopolitical order as we know it or nameless hacker groups? Well, pick one, because apparently war is...
Posted In: anonymous, Banks, government, hacking, lulzsec
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Need help naming your baby? Social Security is here.

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John Moe
May 23, 2011
The government agency has compiled popular baby names for the past 130 years and built a baby naming app called Baby Name Playroom. You can sort in...
Posted In: apps, babies, government
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Your new online realtor: Barack Obama

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John Moe
May 16, 2011
We know he's busy but he would love to show you around some properties. It'll be fun, we'll go out on Saturday. Meet at Starbucks first, make a day...
Posted In: government, Obama
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Open data on the chopping block

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John Moe
Apr 19, 2011
As Congress fights over how to balance the budget, the fate of government transparency and whether data will continue to remain available online...
Posted In: government, Obama, transparency
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Law enforcement officials are looking at your emails

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John Moe
Apr 13, 2011
Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian is out with a new paper that shows that law enforcement officials are increasingly asking for access to...
Posted In: government, Law, privacy
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Obama 2012 is all about Facebook: Chapter 2

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John Moe
Apr 6, 2011
The other day we brought you word that the Obama reelection campaign site was heavily tied to Facebook, with an app that lets you say "I'm In" on...
Posted In: 2012 campaign, Facebook, farmville, government, Obama, social media

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