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DOD Officials: Use AI-Fueled Systems to Inform Policy-Makers, Not To Kill
Artificial intelligence is taking on a growing role in intelligence analysis in North Korea.
Defense
How Will The Pentagon Create Its AIs? The Algorithmic-Warfare Team Is Charting a Path
Over the next 36 months, an algorithmic-warfare team will draw up a model for splitting the work between government and industry.
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A Farmer-Focused Agency Wants to Ditch Data Centers Completely
"Farmers don’t care that I run a data center," an Agriculture Department chief information officer said.
Tech
Tomorrow Soldier: How The Military Is Altering the Limits of Human Performance
Breakthroughs in biometric science mean future troops will fight with weapons that understand them — inside and out.
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Lawmakers Worry GSA's Reorganization Politicizes Buying
A House Oversight subcommittee questioned why the General Services Administration's moved its tech units under the acquisition office and shifted to a politically appointed commissioner.
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Democratic Senators Join Online Net Neutrality Protest
They and more than 100,000 companies and individuals lambasted legislation giving internet providers the right to alter speeds for different sites.
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Here’s Why a U.S.-Russia Cyber Working Group Could Do Some Good
The group could focus on areas of common interest without stepping back on election hacking, but some experts still say it’s a silly idea.
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Office of American Innovation Targets Federal Customer Service
“If we can just make individual people’s everyday lives 20 percent better, that would be a huge contribution,” White House adviser Chris Liddell said.
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Millennials Pose Greatest IT Security Risk of Any Group, Survey Says
Millennials use unapproved apps, Generation X members ignore security policies and baby boomers get phished.
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House Homeland Budget Plans $1.8B for Cyber Unit, Cuts Research
The moves are largely consistent with the president’s budget request.
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How FedRAMP Keeps Getting Faster
The accreditation time frame is shrinking and GSA is working with the Office of American Innovation to speed up even more.
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DATA Act: Agile's First Governmentwide Win
Governmentwide projects are particularly complicated, but here's one that ends on time and under budget.
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Here’s How Comics Can Boost Cyber Training
A DHS grantee created a web comic template for cyber training.
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Lawmaker to Trump’s Election Commission: Drop Your Voter Data Request
Rep. Gerry Connolly urged Mike Pence to abandon a search for sensitive voter data.
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These Scanners Could Let You Travel With Liquids and Electronic Devices
A San Diego-based company is in talks with TSA to test out a scanner that could search tablets and cellphones for explosives.
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2 Years After Massive Breach, OPM Isn’t Sufficiently Vetting IT Systems
The personnel agency isn’t adequately testing the security of its local and wide area networks, an auditor found.
Management
What Trump’s Cybersecurity Flip-Flop Reveals
Days after announcing a cybersecurity agreement with Russia, the president declared it dead. Meanwhile, his government has taken no action to safeguard U.S. elections.
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Think Tank Tells Trump's Office of American Innovation To Design From The Bottom Up
If it works in business, can't it work in government?
Defense
Spooked by North Korea, Lawmakers Resurrect an Old Missile-Defense Idea
Technical experts say space-based interceptors haven’t gotten any more practical since the Reagan era, but House lawmakers still want the Pentagon to plan for them.
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