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GAO Denies Alliant 2 Protests, Evaluations to Come
The protests questioned GSA's self-scoring system and baseline price.
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Why Is Obama Expanding Surveillance Powers Right Before He Leaves Office?
It could be to prevent Trump from extending them even more.
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Pompeo Pledges to Give Trump the Straight Dope on Cyber Threats
The CIA nominee expressed high confidence in the intelligence community’s conclusions about Russian hacking.
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Outgoing DOD CIO Defends Pentagon's IT Modernization Efforts
DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen announced his retirement and defended the Joint Information Environment and the Joint Regional Security Stacks.
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OPM Debuts Cyber Careers Site
It's part of a push to remedy the federal government's cyber talent shortage.
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Giuliani to Advise Trump on Cyber
Trump has pledged a 90-day cyber review soon after taking office.
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Lawmaker: Public Libraries Can Boost American Innovation
He recommended installing maker-spaces in libraries across the country.
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The Army Wants to 3-D Print Minidrones in 24 Hours
Future soldiers will make their own eyes-in-the-sky on the go.
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Transportation Secretary Nominee Wants Agency to ‘Keep Pace’ with Innovation
Elaine Chao emphasized a need to keep up with emerging tech to make public security and safety gains.
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Senators Reintroduce Bill to Remove Barriers to Connected Device Industry
The DIGIT Act would promote economic activity by encouraging the internet of things industry to blossom.
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Tech Trade Group to New Congress: Let’s Collaborate
The Information Technology Industry Council outlined four priority areas that share commonalities with Trump’s agenda.
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DHS Nominee has ‘High Confidence’ in Intel Community’s Conclusion on Russia Hacking
The statement could put Gen. John Kelly at odds with other cabinet nominees and his future president.
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Sessions: US Needs Cyber Rules So ‘Price is Paid’ If Breached
The first day of Sen. Jeff Sessions's confirmation touched on Russian election interference, international data laws and online poker.
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Senate Staffers to Assess Intel Community’s Russian Hacking Report
Congressional staffers will examine the report’s confidential sourcing to ensure it is sound.
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Reintroduced Bill Would Stop Government From Searching Your Emails Without a Warrant
The Email Privacy Act updates the 1980 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which outlines that law enforcement can search messages more than 180 days told without a warrant.
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$27M Fund Wants Artificial Intelligence with a Conscience
LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman kicked in $10 million.
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Is DC's Subway Ready for a Cyberattack?
Only five days into 2017, Metro experienced its first meltdown of the year as a computer glitch left its control center unable to communicate with tracks for about 10 minutes.
Defense
The Pentagon Needs Its Own Google For All Its Data, Says Eric Schmidt
The Alphabet chairman says a giant data warehouse would give the military Google-like capability. It would also create the richest intelligence target ever conceived.
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Here's Why Trump's Intel Bashing Matters
The president-elect’s denigration of the Russian hacking findings will make it harder to make a case against other U.S. adversaries, former officials say.
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