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FedWire: Thanksgiving edition

November 27, 2013

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

Hagel’s Thanksgiving message.

Citizen scientists help astronomers see the light.

Lower price of Microsoft software cuts costs for federal government.

Surviving Thanksgiving with your smartphone.

Dig deep into federal regulatory data with new API.

Army researchers build portable synthetic marijuana detector.

NASA’s next Google Hangout.

Advanced Wireless Services rulemaking.

Celebrate #GivingTuesday.

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Housing and Urban Development names Vinay Singh as chief AI officer

Vinay Singh is currently the department’s chief financial officer and will work closely with the agency’s senior IT and policy officials in the new role.

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TikTok icon on a smartphone screen. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / Solen Feyissa).

TikTok ban on federal devices formalized with update to Federal Acquisition Regulation

By Nihal Krishan

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New rule could impose CMMC-like cyber requirements for civilian agency contractors

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Prime contractor awards continue on GSA-administered ASTRO procurement

By John Hewitt Jones

GSA’s Mary Davie headed to NASA

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GSA pushes forward with ban on Huawei, ZTE in 2020

By Dave Nyczepir

Agencies ‘buckling down’ on EIS solicitations

By Dave Nyczepir

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