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TurboTax, H&R Block and TaxAct all Use This Security Feature. Why Doesn’t the IRS?

The Internal Revenue Service is not keeping pace with modern hacking, according to agency watchdogs.

Route Fifty

Wyoming Looks to Prevent Truck Crashes With New Connected Vehicle Technology

The state’s DOT hopes advanced communications will gather and distribute better information about hazards on Interstate 80, especially in winter.

Route Fifty

Fewer Manufacturing Jobs, Housing Bust Haunt Many U.S. Counties

A new Stateline analysis shows that in more than one-third of U.S. counties, the inflation-adjusted median income has dropped by 10 percent or more since 2000.

Management

GSA Moves Closer to Picking a New FBI Headquarters

Request for proposals updated and money included in fiscal 2017 budget.

Tech

Why Are Government Weather Forecasts So Shouty?

They’re one of the best products put out by the National Weather Service. But they have a certain style.

Management

Managers Are Baffled About How to Handle Their Robot Underlings

Only 14% of lower-level managers say they would trust the advice of intelligent systems in making business decisions.

Pay & Benefits

New Advanced Degree in Information Security Operations Offers Tuition Discount For Feds

The current deadline for applying for the online master’s program offered through Champlain College is Feb. 8.

Nextgov

After OPM Hack, Pentagon to Store and Secure Sensitive Security Clearance Docs

The new office responsible for conducting background investigations will have its IT systems “designed, built, secured and operated” by the Defense Department.

Management

EPA Official in Flint Region Will Resign by Feb. 1

Administrator tells Michigan officials that federal response to water crisis was inadequate.

Defense

Old American Warplanes Still Frighten North Korea

The B-52 bomber might be more than 50 years old, but when it flies near the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong-un’s government pays attention.

Oversight

The Democrats' Immigration Conundrum

Liberals in Congress are questioning the Obama administration’s approach to Central American migrants crossing the border after recent federal raids.

Tech

TSA: Americans Are Trying to Bring a Lot More Loaded Guns Onto Planes

Instances of firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage rose 20% from 2014 to 2015.

Nextgov

NSA Director: Expect More Hacks As Big As the OPM Heist

To protect itself, the Defense Department is itemizing the military's stored away files and re-examining how they are secured, NSA and Cyber Command leader and Adm. Mike Rogers said.