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• NASA gets OK to keep space station running to 2024

  Work on the International Space Station has been slated to continue for at least through 2024, giving NASA the experience and information they'll need to send astronauts into deep space.

• Federal CIOs Look to Speed Tech Development Cycle

  Government IT leaders seeking ways to hasten IT deployment, get a tech pep talk from the CIO of the San Francisco Giants.

• White House wants 5,000 veterans in wireless tech jobs by 2015

  The White House today said it strengthened the nonprofit program aimed at getting veterans and returning service members jobs in the hot wireless telecommunications arena.

• Benchmarking Healthcare.gov: A homepage in 3 seconds, but then a failure

  Website performance testing service SmartBear finds improvements to the healthcare.gov site during a test Monday, but there was also a partial outage in a key feature during the enrollment process.

• Tech spending slows, thanks to Congress

  Forrester Research has lowered its projection for tech spending growth this year from 5.7% to 3.9%, and it attributes the slowdown mostly to moves in Congress.

• Security concerns prompt supoena for Healthcare.gov data

  A U.S. House committee chairman, citing security concerns, today ordered a Healthcare.gov contractor to provide detailed information about its work on the project.

• Government Networks Unprepared for Cloud, Big Data Transitions

  A new survey of federal network managers reveals that government agencies are not ready for the arrival of the 'big five' tech transformations -- cloud computing, big data, security, mobility and data center consolidation.

• NSA Revelations Prompt Tech Industry to Call for Privacy Safeguards

  Leading trade organizations representing tech firms call on White House to tighten privacy and transparency requirements associated with government's electronic surveillance programs.

• Intelligence chief Clapper to set up US surveillance review group

  The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday launched a review of whether the country uses optimally advancements in technology to protect its national security while preventing unauthorized disclosure and maintaining public trust.

• White House opposes amendment to curb NSA spying

  The White House is opposed to an amendment to a defense spending bill that would limit spending on mass surveillance by the National Security Agency.

• Free imprisoned AT&T hacker now, says EFF

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a team of legal experts has called on the U.S. Court of Appeals to free Andrew Auernheimer, a computer hacker recently sentenced to 41 months in prison for illegally accessing data from AT&T's networks.

• Testy U.S. officials demand return of NSA document leaker Snowden

  U.S. officials Monday testily asked the Russian government to expel fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden, who arrived there Sunday after spending several days in hiding in Hong Kong.

• Obama's Cybersecurity Mandate Hits First Milestone

  Government officials stress collaborative, voluntary approach as first wave of deliverables under the White House's executive order on cybersecurity comes due..

• Congressional hearing finds broad agreement on the right to unlock smartphones

  Advocates for both industry and consumers voiced their support for a bill that would restore the right to unlock cellphones in the U.S. today at a hearing in front of a congressional subcommittee.

• Analyst says iPhone 4's US sales injunction could cost Apple billions

  Noted Jefferies analyst, Peter Misek, said in a research note that the US International Trade Commission's injunction against the sale of the iPhone 4 could deprive Apple of as much as $US2 billion in revenue.