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Government’s Auditor Passes Own IT Audit
The Government Accountability Office is properly wiping its defunct electronics of sensitive data, an inspector general review finds.
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Virginia Governor Issues Cyber Challenge to Students
The school with the highest participation through March 2017 will win a cash prize to fund its cybersecurity programs.
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Pentagon Tech Chief Says He'll 'Take the Hit' for GAO Criticism of JIE
“What we’ve tried to tell GAO is, in this case, you don’t measure JIE—you have to measure the components,” Terry Halvorsen said.
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The NSA Chief Has A Phone For Top-Secret Messaging. Here’s How It Works
The Boeing device is less a phone and more a locked-down portal to a faraway server.
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Cyber Workforce: A Compound Noun Meaning the Folks Protecting Your Networks
NIST just updated its dictionary for cyber workforce terms.
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Hacked Emails Show Eric Schmidt Played a Crucial Role in the Clinton Campaign's Election Tech
"He's ready to fund, advise, recruit talent, etc."
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The Progress and Pitfalls of Government's Open Data Efforts
It’s one thing to put the data out there for the public to consume or to potentially spark new industries; it’s another to standardize those data sets.
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GAO Plans OPM, FedRAMP Audits in 2017
The office also plans to review how well CDC and NIH are protecting health information.
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White House Lays Out Digital Tools for Presidential Transition
Obama commits to social media sharing finale before January departure.
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Tech Heavyweights Talk Pentagon Into Getting a Chief Innovation Officer
It's one of several recommendations the defense secretary is implementing.
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Judge: U.S. Army Must Let Palantir Compete to Build Combat Data System
The much-maligned DCGS-A combat data system program is put on hold, thanks to a Silicon Valley company's lawsuit.
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Task Force Urges Loosening Reins on Hacking Victims to Fight Back
The report promotes "active defense" measures including locking up a hacker’s network until stolen information is returned.
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NATO's Secret Weapon: Videochat
The organization thinks videoconferencing technology could bridge cultural gaps.
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New Rule Takes Handcuffs Off Ethical Hackers
White hat hackers can now search for software vulnerabilities without fear of violating copyright law.
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Here’s How the Pentagon Wants to Use Social Media On the Battlefield
Artificial intelligence will weave open-source and satellite data into useful intelligence in real time, the Pentagon’s No. 2 says.
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Agencies Try a Tool That Digs Up What Google Doesn't
Parts of the government are using a deep web search engine that teaches itself to return better search results.
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The Marines Want Mini-Missiles That Hunt for Specific Radio Signals
Signals-intelligence collection and drones are coming together in new packages for forward-deployed troops.
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NOAA’s New Environmental Satellite Launch Delayed 4-6 Months
The decision came after a NOAA-convened team conducted a risk-based evaluation of cost, schedule and performance issues for JPSS-1.
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Lawmakers Press Justice Department on Expanded Police Hacking Powers
The expanded hacking authority will go into effect Dec. 1 unless Congress intervenes.
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