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Agencies get failing grades on cybersecurity

Federal efforts to secure critical computer systems and sensitive information are improving, but more than half of all agencies are still doing very poorly at the task, lawmakers said Tuesday.

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HHS completes e-grants site

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Slow to Share

Agencies aren't moving quickly enough to share information about potential terrorist threats, an influential group argued last week.

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Defense official defends idea of data mining

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Paying a VISIT

The Homeland Security Department is officially in the market for a contractor to lead its biggest project to date, the US VISIT immigration system.

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Nanotechnology bill called 'historic'

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Free Information Market

The rapid growth in Freedom of Information Act requests is a headache for agencies and a business opportunity for tech firms.

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Shut Out

U.S. satellite firms want the federal government to lighten up on trade with China.

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Cease Fire

A technology that has been used for decades in nuclear weapons and car radios could curb the threat of shoulder-filed missiles like those used to shoot down an Army helicopter in Iraq this month, according to weapons control experts.

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Defensive Customer

The commercial satellite industry has developed a love-hate relationship with the Defense Department.