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Delays and Bugs in Immigrant Vetting System Trouble Lawmakers
An upgraded IT system has been delayed for years and runs more than $1 billion over budget.
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Trump's 'Hard-Power' Budget Cuts Agencies, Shifts Research and Innovation to Private Sector
It also funnels more dollars into protecting national borders and cyberspace.
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What Trump's Skinny Budget Says About Cybersecurity
The budget proposal pledges cyber initiatives at the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department and to counter terrorists’ use of encryption.
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Lawmaker: Traffickers Might Use Drones To Smuggle Humans Across Borders
Security concerns and enthusiasm for drones dominated a recent Senate hearing on unmanned aerial vehicles.
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2 Russian Spies Charged in Yahoo Breach of 500M Accounts
Russian journalists, U.S. and Russian government officials, a Russian cybersecurity firm’s employees, and other private-sector employees were targeted.
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No Evidence of Trump Wiretap, House Intel Leaders Say
The FBI declined to publicly answer a Senate panel question about any investigation into the Trump campaign.
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Expect a Cyber Budget Boost But Stay Tuned for that Executive Order, Homeland Adviser Says
Don’t expect a multibillion-dollar investment that will modernize government cybersecurity in one fell swoop, though.
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CIO Council to Agencies: Share Your Developer Platforms
18F's login.gov could be a step in the right direction.
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White House’s Annual Cyber Report Counts 30,000 Incidents but Only 16 are 'Major'
Ten of the major incidents occurred at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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State Department CIO: ‘If People Aren’t Laughing At You, Your Goals Aren’t Big Enough'
Frontis Wiggins' plan includes revolutionizing how the agency does innovation.
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Trump Cyber Czar Brings Deep Expertise but Maybe Some Baggage, Too
Rob Joyce led hacking operations at NSA, which may turn off some businesses wary of post-Snowden links to the intel community.
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Watchdog: DHS Isn't Ready for Social Media to Become a Bigger Part of Visa Screening
The department's social media pilot programs lack adequate benchmarks, so DHS doesn't have a good way to evaluate whether they're working.
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Comment Period Extended for FedRAMP's New Baseline
The "Tailored" baseline was introduced as a possible means to usher in speedier assessments for certain kinds of solutions.
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IRS Took Down FAFSA-Autofill Tool to Prevent Identity Theft
IRS suspended the tool as part of a broader effort to protect taxpayer information.
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WikiLeaks Dump Shines Light on Government's Shadowy Zero-Day Policy
The documents shed little light on how many unknown vulnerabilities the intelligence agency retains and how well it vets the damage they might cause.
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Meet the Agency that Tops All Organizations in Customer Satisfaction
“It’s a combination of our structure, training, our people and our connectedness to the mission that keeps it going."
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Money Talks in Agency Cybersecurity, Former DOD Official Says
To prioritize cybersecurity, get buy-in from the top and budget authority, says a former DOD undersecretary.
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Government Isn't Sharing Cyber Threats As Promised, Private Sector Says
Classification regimes make it difficult for cyber firms to share threat information with clients and aid adversaries, industry officials say.
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Over a Third of Dot-Govs Fail Mobile Device Speed Tests
A recent study found 92 percent of sites fail at least one metric related to load time, security, mobile friendliness and accessibility.
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