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I Built A Bot With Zero Coding Experience. So Can You.

Deloitte is selling federal agencies on automation and walked me through the process.

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A Bug Bounty to Hack Military Bases? It Could Happen.

A Defense Department official wants to find the vulnerabilities hidden in critical infrastructure.

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Watchdog: Energy Department Mismanaged Some R&D Investments

The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs need to closer monitor award recipients.

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The Secret Ingredients NASA Used to Build Its Huge Photo Library

The repository is the culmination of a 3-year effort to make NASA’s data more open and accessible.

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Advice to Trump: Top Cybersecurity Talent Costs Money

The Trump administration should increase pay incentives for cyber workers, an accrediting organization says.

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House Oversight Chair—And IT Reform Ally—Won't Run for Reelection

Chaffetz was a thorn in the Obama administration’s side, using his oversight powers to review the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and repeatedly probed Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

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Former Microsoft CEO Opts to Open Government Himself

Ballmer unveiled USAFacts.org, a repository of public-sector financial data.

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Government Needs ‘Heavy Artillery’ for Cyberspace, DHS Chief Says

Plodding bureaucracy could leave government outgunned in cyberspace, Gen. John Kelly said in his first major address as secretary.

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18F for Cybersecurity? Tech Think Tank Wants Congress to Consider It.

The group suggests thinking outside traditional degrees in STEM fields to address the talent shortage.

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Report: USPTO’s Michelle Lee In Running for White House’s Top Science Spot

The report comes amid concern that the Trump White House was letting the Office of Science and Technology Policy die out.

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DHS Needs Someone to Explain Biometrics to the Public

The department wants a communications professional to manage rhetoric about collecting fingerprints, iris scans and facial images.

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DARPA Thinks Military Strategists Could Learn a Lot from Video Games

The agency is seeking proposals for how video games can aid strategic, operational and tactical war gaming.

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Trump Is Keeping White House Visitor Logs Secret, Unlike Obama

Transparency advocates have urged the new administration to continue the practice of making those logs public.

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Microsoft Outlines Cyber Geneva Convention Proposal

The company is also promoting an international nonpolitical body for cyber attribution.

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How a National Lab in Charge of Nuclear Safety Optimized Its Systems

The lab went from having 63 data centers to 18, across its square-mile campus, reducing facility costs and repurposing staff.

Defense

Remember When Mike Pompeo Loved Wikileaks?

Now the head of the CIA wants to get tough on the “non-state hostile intelligence service.” That won’t be so easy.

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CIA Director Pledges to Ramp Up Digital Defenses Against WikiLeaks, Insider Threats

Mike Pompeo characterized WikiLeaks and others as anti-democratic celebrity seekers in his first public remarks as director.