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This mascot, sporting buckskins and a coonskin cap, has symbolized West Virginia University since 1927.
Who is the Mountaineer?
This beloved snack, featuring bread stuffed with pepperoni, was originally created in West Virginia as a portable lunch for coal miners.
What is a pepperoni roll?
This FBI initiative, launched in 1998, provides real-time biometric data for criminal investigations, enhancing identification and security nationwide.
What is the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)?
This open-source operating system, developed by Red Hat, is one of the most popular Linux distributions used in enterprise environments.
What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)?
This is the primary purpose of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
What is "to provide a uniform policy and procedure for acquisition by all executive agencies"?
This building, named after WVU's first president, is the oldest building on campus and a prominent feature of Woodburn Circle.
What is Woodburn Hall?
This unique wetland ecosystem, located in the Monongahela National Forest, resembles the Arctic tundra and is one of the only boreal bogs in the region.
What is the Cranberry Glades?
As the FBI’s central repository for biometric and criminal history data, this CJIS system expanded to include palm prints and facial recognition capabilities in its Next Generation update.
What is the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)?
This platform by Red Hat provides container orchestration and management, primarily utilizing Kubernetes, to help businesses deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications.
What is OpenShift?
This organization is responsible for maintaining and issuing changes to the FAR.
What is the "Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council"?
In 1970, this WVU alum and West Virginia native became the first woman from the state to go into space.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Known as the "Father of West Virginia," this politician led efforts for the state to secede from Virginia during the Civil War.
Who is Francis H. Pierpont?
Established in 1935, this is the FBI's premier training academy, located in Quantico, Virginia, where agents and international law enforcement receive specialized training.
What is the FBI Academy?
Red Hat's solution for automating repetitive IT tasks, it is often used for managing infrastructure and application deployment.
What is Ansible?
This FAR requirement mandates that agencies meet socio-economic goals, such as small business set-asides.
What is Part 19, "Small Business Programs"?