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• IT Salaries Expected to Grow Only Slightly in 2013

  With 2013 comes hope for a better year. If you work in the IT field and are hoping for a salary increase the news isn't all that bright-unless you're a CIO or other IT executive.

• How Emerging Technology Fights Fraud in the Call Center

  To battle innovative attacks on call centers, enterprises and IT outsourcing service providers are looking to technologies like voice biometrics and behavioral analytics.

• FCC IT Healthcare Fund to Boost Broadband Connections

  The FCC's new $400 million Healthcare Connect Fund is designed to boost broadband connections in rural areas in order to support telemedicine to expand patient access to specialists and drive down costs.

• Government Tech Policy Highs and Lows of 2012

  From cybersecurity to intellectual property battles, mobile broadband to privacy and federal IT, it was a noisy year for technology in the nation's capital. But after all the debates, committee reports and lobbying, what actually changed?

• IT Workforce Can't Meet Demand for Cloud Skills

  According to a recent IDC study, demand for cloud skills will increase at six times the rate of overall IT skills and the talent pool simply isn't big enough to accommodate the growth.

• Mobile Technology a Game Changer in Developing World

  Tech industry and nonprofit experts tout the transformative potential of mobile devices and mobile apps in developing nations. But first stakeholders must rethink their approach to solving problems.

• FCC Addresses Mobile Broadband Concerns

  House subcommittee members question FCC commissioners about the planned 2014 wireless spectrum auction to advance mobile broadband. The panel voiced concern over using too much spectrum for unlicensed uses versus licensed uses.

• Congress Looks to Stop U.S. R&D From Landing in Other Countries

  A House panel considers ways to protect domestic-developed technologies, many stemming from publicly funded research, from falling into the hands of foreign competitors such as China, India and Brazil.

• Report Warns Feds of Radicals and Extremists on Social Web

  Bipartisan Policy Center study outlines steps the government can take to crowd out extremist messages on the Web, including a clearer legal framework for law enforcement, while warning against censorship or content filtering.

• More IT Pros Going Independent by Choice

  With the erosion of mutually beneficial employer/-employee relationships, more IT workers are going it alone, based on a recent survey from OnForce.

• Federal CIOs Say Enterprise Architecture Needs Better Business Focus

  Amid an ongoing overhaul of federal IT, top government leaders stress the need to align enterprise architecture with the mission of departments and agencies. This may mean it will be necessary to bring together two groups that speak fundamentally different languages.

• Federal Government's Big Data Efforts Lagging

  Facing contracting budgets and soaring data volumes and varieties, the feds should take a cue from the private sector and embrace big data technologies to better serve constituents.

• FCC's Approach to Technology 'Siloed' and 'Antiquated,' Critics say

  As the Federal Communications Commission continues its work on expanding broadband access and adoption, some Washington insiders urge the agency to relax its regulatory approach as wireless and wireline technologies converge.

• IT Services Get Closer to Home

  IT chiefs find that domestic outsourcing (as opposed to offshoring) is becoming more attractive as it delivers advantages such as agility, speed and innovation

• Cash-Strapped Feds Eye Tech Startups

  As federal budgets enter into a deep freeze while expectations for government services remain high, it's a great time for purpose-driven startups to augment agencies' missions in areas like health IT and energy.