The methods and means used by unfriendly competitors or hostile nation states and the nature of modern day information processing technology dictate that we must be vigilant in protecting critical information assets and our national research infrastructure.

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Despite the move to control the growth of digital storage requirements in data centers (e.g. the cloud) by means of virtualization, deduplication and other methods to achieve higher storage capacity utilization the amount of stuff and the size of the stuff we store continues to increase.

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There is corruption in the Afghan government that we are fighting against, employing various means and methods.

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The focus of autonomous vehicle research is on developing intelligent vehicles, or artificial intelligence for cars in some sense, while the focus of the blind driver challenge vehicle is developing methods to convey a vast amount of information to the driver through nonvisual means, fast enough and accurately enough for safe driving.

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This means having clear methods to prioritize potential IT projects, involving business leaders in IT, and tracking the progress and benefits of projects selected.

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The NCAA passed legislation last month that eliminated "restrictions on methods and modes of communication during recruiting, " which means coaches of all sports can contact high-schoolers starting July 1 via text, carrier pigeons or any apps they so choose.

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