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IBM Gets Approval to Host DOD’s Most Sensitive Unclassified Data
Big Blue becomes the first cloud service provider with a direct connection to the Pentagon’s unclassified communications network.
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Crooks Tricked This IRS System into Providing False IDs
The malware successfully obtained 101,000 PINs last month.
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‘For All Practical Purposes, Louisiana Is in Its Own Recession’
As the state’s budget situation worsens, revenue estimates are revised downward.
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8 Things to Look For in the 2017 IT Budget
The budget seeks substantial budget increases to shore up cybersecurity and a new approach to modernizing IT systems.
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State and Local Health Spending Flat in First Year of Medicaid Expansion
Nevertheless, health care spending remains a potential source of long-term fiscal pressure for states and localities.
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Justice, DHS Probe Hack Allegedly Made Possible By DOJ Help Desk
A hacktivist claims a help desk aided his intrusion into a computer containing contact information on some 9,000 DHS personnel and 20,000 FBI employees.
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Pennsylvania’s Governor: Budget ‘Time Bomb’ Is Ticking
In Harrisburg, Tom Wolf warns that the state risks a ‘fiscal catastrophe’ as tensions with General Assembly lawmakers show no signs of abating.
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Obama's Budget Would Grow Federal R&D By 4 Percent
The president's 2017 fiscal year budget boosts total research and development funding to $152 billion.
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USDOT’s ‘Smart City’ Payout Could Be A Mobility Model-Maker
Seventy-seven municipalities pitched their transportation visions for a shot at the $40 million in winnings.
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OPM Seeks To Honor (and Reward) Top-Performing Executives
But agencies warned to consider the government’s fiscal situation in determining how many names to put forward for Presidential Rank Awards.
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Do You Have What It Takes to be the Federal Government’s Chief Information Security Officer?
Officials say they hope to hire and onboard the new infosec chief in the next 60 to 90 days
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Obama’s 2017 Budget Boosts Cyber Spending by 35 Percent, Adds Federal CISO
The funding and personnel adjustments come after a year of constant disclosures about agency hacks.
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White House Wants to Give Agencies New Pot of Money to Upgrade Legacy IT
The $3.1 billion revolving fund would be situated at the General Services Administration.
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Federal Union President on Republican Winning in 2016: 'God Help Us All'
GOP would 'annihilate' federal labor groups, leader says.
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Hackers Doxx Fraternal Order of Police, Exploit Alibaba’s Cloud, and Bop TaxSlayer
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Speed Dialer Aims to Profit off IRS' Terrible Customer Service
Software helps route paying customer to a breathing person within 1 to 6 minutes at an IRS call center notorious for its lengthy hold times.
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Vacant Walmart Sites Create Giant Big-Box Stumbling Blocks for Local Governments
As the global retail giant shutters 154 U.S. stores, some communities are facing huge economic redevelopment hurdles. But there are some outside-the-box ideas for filling these hard-to-fill footprints.
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Contracting Docs: OPM Seeks to Tighten IT Security of Background Investigation Companies
OPM first inserted updated IT security clauses into existing contracts in April.
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