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How a failure to understand race leads to flawed health tech

A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies — namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested can exacerbate existing racial health inequities.
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An astronaut turned NASA executive calls it a career

In 38 years at NASA, today’s Federal Drive guest has done lots of things. As an astronaut, he flew three space missions, commanding two of them. He oversaw retirement of the Space Shuttle. He rose to associate administration, the number three ranking person at NASA.
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Engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber

Engineers developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle, which mimics the beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts. The device could be used for studying right ventricle disorders and testing devices and therapies aimed at treating those disorders.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SzwBMc

Tech unemployment fell in November, lowest level since January

The key metric for the tech labor market reached 1.7% last month, far trailing the national average of 3.7% last month.
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Dispelling some confusion around the new locality pay areas

In its final regulations, OPM said some commenters held “a mistaken belief” that certain counties were being inadvertently being excluded from the locality pay areas — but that is not the case.
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The OSC investigative process: What to expect

Complaints filed with OSC are screened to determine whether the allegations are within OSC’s jurisdiction and, if so, whether further investigation is warranted.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SztyG8

IT integration problems are latest setback for DoD’s multibillion dollar moving system overhaul

U.S. Transportation Command says it won’t know how soon the department will be able to finally transition to its long-delayed household goods moving contract until a new round of IT integration tests is finished.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SzszlN

ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 8th, 2023 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8770, (Fri, Dec 8th)

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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Microsoft Kicks Off Surface Hub 3 Sales

Microsoft announced this week that its Surface Hub 3 videoconferencing device is now shipping.
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Federal agencies and cybersecurity: Challenges and opportunities

“Moving from traditional networks to more secure infrastructure is the driver for network modernization, with cybersecurity being a core focus” said Tony Wellen, vice president of federal at Spectrum Enterprise.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SzrYft