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Despite Economy, Working Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
A recent report from the Urban Institute examined families' ability to pay for basic needs.
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House Passes Bill Expanding DHS’ Power to Block Risky Contractors from Government Networks
The move comes after Congress took action in the past year to boot the Russian anti-virus maker Kaspersky Lab and the Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE from federal networks.
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FCC Prepares to Push Forward With Streamlining 5G Deployment
“My guess is they just ran out of time and patience for the process to play out,” said one local government advocate.
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NIST’s Next Framework Focuses on Protecting Consumers’ Privacy
The Commerce Department agency will begin gathering feedback for a privacy framework at a Texas conference in October.
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Maryland County Makes Condoms Available at Certain High Schools
The decision was sparked by rising rates of sexually transmitted infections in the county.
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As Western States Continue to Burn, Fatigued Firefighters Are a Growing Concern
Some have been wearing devices to measure alertness and impairment.
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Why Trump's Pay Freeze Move Shouldn't Have Surprised Anyone
It sparked outrage, but it wasn't unexpected.
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Census Bureau Must Fix 3,100 Cyber Vulnerabilities Before 2020 Count
The first digital census has suffered from delays and ballooning IT costs, an auditor’s report states.
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Poll Finds Support for Labor Unions Remains Up Compared to Past Years
The Gallup survey results also highlight partisan differences.
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Select Agencies Are Working on Technology Business Management Playbook
Whether it will get a public release is less clear.
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Defense Department Seeks ‘Rapid Cloud Migration’ Ideas for MilCloud
MilCloud 2.0 is about to host a lot more data, and the Defense Department wants ideas for how to get it there faster.
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Firm Offers Data on Hundreds of Businesses in 'Opportunity Zones'
The dataset’s creators hope to draw attention to small companies eligible for investment under the economic development program.
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Oracle Files Supplemental Protest Against Pentagon's JEDI Cloud Contract
The company’s keeping the heat on the Defense Department.
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FBI Looking For Tech to Foil Fingerprint Obliteration
The FBI wants artificial intelligence tools that can ID people with burnt, cut or otherwise altered fingerprints.
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For First Time in 3 Years, NASA Is Shopping For New Spacecraft
At first, NASA officials didn’t think they’d see anything new in commercial spacecraft this year. Now they’re taking a second look.
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States Make More Progress Rebuilding Rainy Day Funds
Total rainy-day balances have improved since their low point but still have fallen short of pre-recession levels.
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A Crackdown on Illegal Marijuana Farms in Public Forests
In California, officials have destroyed thousands of the illegal pot plants they say Mexican cartels were growing on public land.
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Potential Merger Isn’t Slowing Education’s IT Modernization Plans
Officials said looking at technology should be a first step in merging agencies but those discussions can’t start without a mandate.
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Lawmaker: Don’t Let “Rudderless Leadership” Cripple VA Health Record Overhaul
The program’s chief administrator resigned less than two months after taking charge of the project. Another top official left her post days earlier.
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