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When a Police Department Urges Local Residents to Stay Off Their Phones
Asking residents to curtail mobile phone use is fine, so long as you’re willing to follow suit.
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Your State’s Fracking Wells Might Be Shallow. And That’s Bad.
Underground water sources tend to sit less than a mile from the earth’s surface, so fracking below them is ideal, according to a new Stanford University study.
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Navy Man Allegedly Staged Photo Shoot Inside Classified Nuke Sub
The machinist’s mate then hammered the evidence to smithereens and shot his laptop.
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Alabama Home to Nation’s Most Sexually Diseased City; The Problem With Plastic Payments for Jurors
Also: Maine’s outspoken governor vs. Southern Maine and Albuquerque employees’ New Orleans spending.
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Obama Talks Federal IT on ‘Daily Show”
The commander in chief discussed the wave of Silicon Valley tech talent invading government, challenges in IT procurement and how better IT can lead to better federal customer service.
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Hackers Take Aim at Census Employees, Compromise CVS Photo Customers, and Snoop on Epic Gamers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Lake Erie Toxic Algae Bloom Builds; Oklahoma Civil Forfeiture Rules
Also: Tennessee vs. the feds and Sacramento overgrown-weeds fees double.
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Anonymous Exposes Census Data to Protest Controversial Trade Deals (UPDATED)
The stolen information, which has been posted online, includes employee names, email addresses, phone numbers and positions within the federal government.
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Homeland Security Wants Employees to Beef Up Quant Skills
Analysts at FEMA, TSA and other DHS agencies might soon be required to take data courses.
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Senate Committee Poised to Upgrade Agency Anti-Hacking Laws, Again
Bill expected in the next few days would mandate all departments pass Internet traffic through a governmentwide network surveillance system.
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Mississippi Cities Remove State Flag; D.C. Government’s ‘Shake Shack’ Design Typeface
Also: Arizona eliminates consumer protection agency and Pittsburgh’s falling glass risk.
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OPM Says Background Check System Now Back Online after Security Tweaks
The system outage came weeks after OPM first announced personal information on millions of current and former federal employees had been stolen by hackers.
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Puerto Rico Debt Default All But Certain, a Rating Agency Warns
Analysts at Moody’s Investors Service also say that investors are set to take a big hit when it comes to recovering what they’re owed.
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OPM Cyber Spending to Get a Budget Boost -- But Is It Enough?
Senators approved the administration’s full request but blocked a stronger measure to accelerate OPM’s cyber upgrades.
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Feds Increasingly Frustrated With Lack of State Action on Hudson River Tunnels
With the clock ticking down quickly, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx says: “[W]e need to get down to brass tacks” on such a critical infrastructure project.
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Federal Employee Union Backs Out of Giving Donald Trump a Tour at the Border
Group does about-face with The Donald.
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Millennials: Living on the Edge of the Big City
Although millennials still love New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., nearby suburbs with an urban feel offer affordable alternatives as the generation ages.
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The Ever-Improving Online Services and Security of L.A.'s City Websites
Having finally upgraded its municipal Web platform, the city wants to convert citizens into regular clients while protecting their digital assets.
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Postal Service Lacked ‘Cybersecurity Culture’ Before Hack, Watchdog Says
The agency's outdated technology and tiny cybersecurity staff made it more vulnerable to attack, according to the inspector general's report.
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