The Department of Agriculture has allotted $276 million in investment funds for the construction of a rural electric infrastructure. The investment will add 1,000 miles of new line and update 733 miles of existing line, in aims
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A team of dermatologists at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California has conducted an allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell procedure on a U.S. Navy veteran, marking the first such operation at a U.S. military
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NASA has applied new software on the Curiosity Mars rover to give the robotic mission an autonomous targeting feature. The agency said Thursday Curiosity uses the Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science software from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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A new Socrata-commissioned survey says 75 percent of technology executives at government agencies consider themselves open to adoption of cloud-based software applications. EMC Research polled at least 500 technology leaders at local,
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The OASIS nonprofit organization has formed a committee consisting of government and technology industry representatives to develop open standards for automated analysis and sharing of cyber-related threat information. OASIS said Thursday its
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Willie May, acting director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has urged business leaders at “Board Agenda: CYBER” conference to adopt the agency’s cybersecurity framework to manage cyber risks. May said in
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Rob Klopp serves as chief technology officer of Social Security Administration, where he is responsible for data warehousing, technical debt reduction programs, service-oriented architecture, analytics and cloud technologies. Klopp reports to the
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President Barack Obama will take executive action to encourage sharing of cyber threat information between public and private sector organizations, Reuters reported Thursday. Joseph Menn and Roberta Rampton write President Obama is
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President Barack Obama has proposed new tax exemption policies in a move to draw private sector investments for infrastructure works, the New York Times reported Friday. Julie Hirschfeld Davis writes the White
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Massachusetts will pour $3 million into open cloud and big data research and development efforts in the state under the Mass Big Data Initiative, Gov. Deval Patrick announced Friday. Patrick said the
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