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Video: DHS's Program to Help Train Local Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Explained
The Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative started earlier this year.
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House Democrats Put $400 Million Price Tag on Election Security
State and local governments need money, not words, to shore up security, a panel of House Democrats said.
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Amazon Web Services Announces Secret Cloud Region For CIA
The company is able to host government data in the cloud at unclassified, sensitive, secret and top secret classification levels.
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Industry Teams Up To Teach Agencies AI
Two companies are teaming up in an effort to help agencies and their employees about AI.
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Test Your Knowledge: Identify These U.S. State and Local Government Seats of Power
Take our photo quiz of state capitols, city halls and county buildings.
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Comparing Cities in Terms of the Financial Health of Their Residents
A new data dashboard features metrics like median credit scores, and delinquent debt levels for residents in 60 U.S. cities.
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Homeland Security Has A Plan To Fight Zombie Devices
The report urges more public-private cooperation on botnet takedowns and more and better cyber standards.
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Third Time's a Charm? NOAA Reschedules Next-Gen Weather Satellite Launch
Wind delayed the two previous launch dates.
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Maryland Congressman: It’s a Mistake Not to Pair Infrastructure With Tax Overhaul
Meanwhile, discussions continue in the infrastructure community about the promise and limitations of public-private partnerships.
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House Panel Investigates Retaliation Against HHS Cyber Leads
Leaders of the HHS cyber center were reassigned amid allegations of contracting misconduct.
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IT Modernization Bill Heads to President
Congress passes the Modernizing Government Technology Act as part of the defense authorization bill.
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Justice Department Releases Immigration ‘Naughty List’ After Latest Court Loss
Attorney General Jeff Sessions now considers jurisdictions that prevent law enforcement from inquiring about immigration status in violation of U.S. Code.
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Lawmakers to Agencies on FITARA: Get It Together
A House oversight committee pushed IT leaders to set more ambitious upgrade goals after its fifth assessment of federal agencies’ technology.
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Trump Administration Seeks ‘New Vehicle’ For Economic Development
An adviser to the president offered insight Wednesday into the White House strategy for places with distressed economies.
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Acting CIOs Still in Place at One-Third of CFO Agencies
Many of the top tech positions in government remain unfilled.
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Bid Protests Decline in 2017
Contractors filed fewer contract protests for the first time since 2013.
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Bill to Restore State Department Cyber Office Advances
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shuttered the office in September.
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Homeland Security Brings Explosive Detection Training to D.C.-Area Police Dogs
Program is critical in the fight against terrorism because state and local police are the first responders to any potential threat, official notes.
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White House Discloses Rules on Weaponizing Software Vulnerabilities
The administration will publish an annual report on how it decides whether to hoard or disclose newfound cyber vulnerabilities.
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