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Mass Surveillance: The Day We Fight Back
If you wonder "why things never get any better, why no matter which 'side' you vote for, more fascist policies are enacted -- why these protests like Occupy end up being a waste," said hairyfeet, "it's really simple: There are no sides. The country is run by non-elected groups, NSA, pentagon and especially Wall Street lobbyists, which is why they can treat Wall Street like it's Las Vegas. Read More »
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Massive Hacker Strike Against US Government And Banks Turned Out To Be A Dud
Yessterday was May 7, the day that Anonymous and various explicitly anti-USA and anti-Israel hacking groups promised to take down the websites of the Pentagon, White House, FBI, Bank of America, Chase bank, and all the other usual symbols of oppression. Except the attacks appeared to be a complete failure... Read More »
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Military And Veteran Suicides Rise Despite Aggressive Prevention Efforts
The good news: most people with military service never consider suicide. Contrary to popular perception, there is no "epidemic" of military-related suicides -- even though President Barack Obama used the word in a speech this summer at the Disabled American Veterans Convention. [...] The bad news: the number of military and veteran suicides is rising, and experts fear it will continue to rise [...]. Read More »
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Military Health System Loses Control Of Its IT Spending
Here’s the latest event in the saga of VA/DoD health information sharing from Bob Brewin: Military Health System and TRICARE Lose Control Over IT Budget Read More »
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Military Suicides Are Up, Despite 900 Prevention Programs
The Defense Department runs 900 suicide prevention programs, yet the number of military suicides has more than doubled since 2001, the head of the Pentagon’s suicide prevention office told lawmakers Thursday. Read More »
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Moving Patients Back to Military Hospitals Top Priority
Shifting military family members back into military hospitals and clinics for health care is a top priority, the head of the Defense Health Agency said during a visit here Thursday. Tricare Prime, used by about 1.5 million active-duty family members, requires beneficiaries to be assigned to a primary care provider within the military treatment facility if one is available. But if the closest facility is at capacity or the family is pushed into the community for care for some other reason, those families may instead be seen by a civilian provider of base. The Defense Health Agency wants those patients back...
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Navy To VA: We Printed Out Health Records And Mailed Them
Decades after the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs Department developed separate electronic health records for military personnel and veterans, here’s how the Navy transfers potentially millions of pages of sailors’ and Marines’ medical files to VA: It prints them out on paper and mails them via the U.S. Postal Service, Nextgov has learned. Read More »
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NIST's Dream: Integrating Security Into Design
The National Institute of Standards and Technology hopes its new guidelines for IT security will beget a systems engineering process in which security is intrinsic to product design rather than an afterthought. The guidelines, posted May 12, offer best practices for information systems security based on international engineering standards...
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Obama Administration Cites 'National Security' More Than Ever To Censor, Deny Records
The Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.
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Obama Win Means Continued Technology Focus At The Pentagon
Defense Department cyber, space and network systems will help anchor development of leaner and more agile forces powered by technology during the next four years if President Obama sticks to Pentagon plans unveiled early this year and follows his campaign rhetoric with action. Read More »
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Open Source Spotlight: How DocumentCloud Adds Depth To Digital Journalism
The corporate media is facing a deep-going, digital-driven crisis: Dropping print advertising revenue, a growth in online ad spend that hasn't plugged the revenue hole, and the unwillingness, in general, of readers to pay for online news. But while the internet has played a big role in the financial haemorrhaging of the media [....] it has also made possible new ways of doing journalism. Read More »
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Pentagon Approves Use Of Samsung Android And New BlackBerry Devices
The Defense Department has approved the Android Knox smartphone made by Samsung and new BlackBerry smartphones and tablets running Enterprise Service 10 software for use on its networks. Read More »
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Pentagon Expects To Save $2.4 Billion By Reforming Military Health Care
The Defense Department expects to save $2.4 billion over the next six years by consolidating functions previously performed by the three services and the Tricare Management Activity under a new Defense Health Agency, which will begin operation Oct. 1. Read More »
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Pentagon: China Views Information Warfare As Key To Countering U.S. Pacific Forces
China views cyber warfare as the essential element to attack U.S. forces operating in the western Pacific, the Defense Department reported today in its annual analysis of that country’s military capabilities. Read More »
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Pentagon’s New Health Record System Will Cost $1.5 Billion
The Pentagon plans to spend $1.5 billion procuring a new, commercial electronic health record system from 2017 through 2019, new budget documents disclosed.
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