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The Encryption Wars Will Return One Way or Another
House Homeland aide predicts another encryption standoff, urges tackling the issue before there’s a crisis.
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DHS IG Says Immigration System Could Grant Citizenship to National Security Threats
The inspector general made the urgent recommendation to stop the department from reactivating the system.
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NOAA's First Images from Next-Gen Geostationary Satellite
GOES-16 enters the testing phase, beaming back images with four times higher resolution than other NOAA satellites.
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Is Part of Chelsea Manning’s Legacy Increased Surveillance?
Government agencies and contractors are now less trusting of their workers, and keeping a much closer eye on them, both on and off the job.
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Obama White House's Message to Trump on Financial Tech: Let FinTech Flourish
In a whitepaper released earlier this week, the Obama administration outlined some policy goals.
Tech
Donald Trump's First Tweets As U.S. President Are Here
Trump does not seem to want to let go of his personal account.
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Trump Administration Highlights Offensive Cyber in First Moments
The new commander-in-chief noted offensive military cyber capabilities and using offensive cyber to disrupt ISIL
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Trump's Digital Presidential Takeover
The official White House website now displays a photo of Trump and a quote from the president himself that reads: “The Movement Continues—The Work Begins!”
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One of Obama's Final Acts Made Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Permanent
Obama signed the law shortly before handing the White House over to President Donald Trump.
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CIO Council Plans Https Default in 2017
About 70 percent of federal web domains now use https encryption.
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The Knowns and Unknowns of Trump’s Cyber Plan
Questions surround how the new president will tackle cybersecurity.
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U.S. Soldiers Will Be Armed With Machine Translators to Kill Communication Woes
Communication is critical in most professions, but in some, clear verbal exchanges can mean the difference between life and death.
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Transparency Group Sues for FBI Records on Russian Hacking
The Electronic Privacy Information Center cites an “urgent public interest” in the records being released.
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New Category Management Brass Coming to GSA
The Office of Information Technology Category welcomes two officials from FCC and Treasury.
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US Digital Service Gets New Leader
Former Google guy Matt Cutts will serve as acting administrator.
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Why GAO’s Bid Protest Dismissals for Alliant 2 Are a Big Deal
The Alliant sequel emphasizes value, not lowest price.
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Commerce Nominee Endorses Cyber Push, Modernizing Government Tech
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross also praised the security benefits of cloud computing.
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RNC Chief Digital Officer to Join White House in Same Role
Gerrit Lansing, the RNC's chief digital officer since 2015, has been tapped to continue that role at the White House, Politico reported Wednesday.
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Rounds to Lead Senate Armed Services Cyber Panel
He pledged to focus on DOD’s role protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.
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