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Postal Service Looking for New Predictive Analytics Platform
The agency wants to become a “data-driven” organization.
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State & Local Daily Digest: A New ‘Coumo Tax’ in N.Y.; Florida’s Stagnant State Worker Salaries
Also in our news roundup: Philly looks at pension buyouts; San Diego’s murder-suicide spike; and Ohio’s new marijuana initiatives.
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CORRECTED: The Ransomware Threat to Agencies
Ransomware is running rampant across systems in state and local government, businesses and homes across the country.
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Is ‘Technically Acceptable’ Good Enough for Pentagon’s New $17.5B IT Contract?
DISA’s decision to evaluate proposed services using LPTA definitely has raised some eyebrows.
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These NASA Researchers Saw the OPM Hack Coming a Decade Ago. But Nobody Listened.
A group of NASA researchers, upset at the intrusiveness of federal background investigations, sued the government nearly 10 years ago, warning the feds couldn’t keep the data safe.
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D.C. Metro's New General Manager: Troubled Agency Must 'Confront Some Hard Truths'
Commuters in the nation's capital have lost confidence in their once-proud transit system. Can Paul Wiedefeld save WMATA from its death spiral?
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FAA Working on New Guidelines for Hack-Proof Planes
Researchers have been invited to build upon an FAA-developed framework for testing a plane’s susceptibility to hacks.
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Watchdogs Prep for Review of Agencies’ IT Security Policies
Under new legislation, agency inspector generals have until August to complete their security reviews and submit them to Congress.
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How a 'Monster' Hurricane Could Swamp Houston and Sink America
The nation's fourth-largest city does not drain well. And that will someday have catastrophic impacts for the rest of the nation.
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State & Local Daily Digest: Recession Risk From Soo Locks Closure; Maine Marijuana Defeat
Also in our news roundup: Colorado’s Amazon sales tax conundrum and Harrisburg livability gets big boost.
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Congressman on OMB’s New Data Center Policy: ‘Thank God’
The government operates at least 11,000 old-school data centers.
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Most CISOs Lack Direct Line to the Boss
Just 21 percent of CISOs surveyed said they report to their company CEO.
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DHS Dogs Demonstrate on Capitol Hill
Canine teams from CBP and TSA visited the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Thursday.
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States, CDC Seek Limits on Painkiller Prescribing
The nation’s governors are calling for a halt to liberal prescribing of opioid painkillers.
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Pentagon Now Taking Bids on $17.5B Encore III Contract for Global IT Services
The contract is essential to the Defense Department’s Joint Information Environment.
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What’s the Real Cost of Shutting Down Kentucky’s Healthcare Exchange?
Gov. Bevin’s administration pegs the net cost at just over 1 percent of the $23 million figure cited by the previous governor, Steve Beshear.
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‘Hack the Pentagon’: Will DOD’s Bug Bounty Program Attract Top Talent?
The contest draws inspiration from "bug bounty" programs in the private sector open to hobbyists and professional penetration testers.
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IT Problems Still Bedevil DOD-VA Health Care Center
Because of different network security standards, the two departments share resources over three networks -- not one.
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