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Here Are Six Nearly Certified Cloud Services Waiting in the Wings
A new list of “RedRAMP Ready Systems” is meant to make it easier for agencies to comply with security controls.
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State Ballot Initiatives Could Boost Turnout, Affecting Key Races
Voters this year aren’t just deciding control of the U.S. Senate.
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600 Military Travelers Handed ‘Chip and PIN’ Hack-Resistant Credit Cards
All Pentagon travel cards will be replaced with new tech by summer 2015.
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Why Some Agencies Want a One-Size-Fits-All Policy for Mobile Devices
There are no uniform BYOD security requirements for tapping into the cloud.
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Lava Prompts Evacuation Advisory in Hawaiian Community
A volcano has been taking aim at a Big Island community for weeks. Now the slow-moving threat is less than 100 yards away.
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A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of How County Government Works
There are 3,069 county governments across the United States. Here's an inside look at how one of them—Waldo County in Maine—operates.
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Anyone Ever Done This Before? Patent Office Turns to Crowdsourcing
What should the contract look like? PTO asks.
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What the Decline in Public Trust Means for Government
The lack of faith spreads from elected officials to federal institutions.
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When a Simple Street Address Is Digitally Useless
The OpenAddresses project and proactive GIS officers around the nation aim to unlock important “address points” information.
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Mikey Dickerson: Tech Recruiting Not as Busted As You Think
There’s no shortage of federal outsiders interested in solving public-sector problems, according to Mikey Dickerson.
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DHS Expects to Outsource Employment Verification Checks to the Cloud
Draft contract states ID confirmation for "MyE-Verify" would be hosted in a remote facility.
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Houston Introduces New Open-Data Policy
Mayor Annise Parker: New standards will boost citizen engagement and will increase “the pace of innovation” in the nation’s fourth-largest city.
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More Federal Employees Are Teleworking More Often
The uptick is slight but steady, survey of feds shows.
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Hackers Seize Terminally Ill Newborn’s Tribute Page, Take From Staples’ Till and Avenge Snapchat Archivist
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Gawkers at Two Hospitals Peek into Rob Ford’s Patient Records
Cancer-stricken Toronto mayor says he hopes the premier investigates the privacy breach.
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Geospatial Agency Goes Unclassified for Ebola Effort
The online Ebola tools the agency is offering NGOs provide much more dynamic capabilities than those previously deployed by the agency.
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10 Crazy Devices the Secret Service Could Use to Put the Kibosh on Fence Jumping
Terminator-like "RoBo," modeled after first dog Bo, should replace human agents.
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Do Stoners Come Up With Government-Funded Research Programs?
Late-night hosts asks his audience to separate real from fake projects.
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Judge Blocks L.A.’s Billboard Rules; Uber’s Next Big Target
Also in our State & Local roundup: Annapolis will be used as a climate adaptation case study and innovation takes root in Springfield, Mass.
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