Tech
Yahoo Reportedly Helped the Government Spy On All Its Users’ Emails, As They Came In
It did what Apple refused to do for U.S. intelligence.
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DOT's Innovation Officer: Moonshots Are Just a Series of Small Steps
The government needs to get comfortable with innovation in increments.
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How One Federal Official Uses Comedy Techniques to Teach 'Innovation'
The Transportation Department's chief innovation officer sometimes starts meetings with improv exercises.
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CIA Can Anticipate Social Unrest ‘Three to Five Days’ Out in Some Cases
The agency's use of sophisticated algorithms and analytics have significantly improved its ability to predict events.
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GM Has Built A Stealth Truck for the Army
A new hydrogen fuel cell truck could put snipers behind enemy lines, in style.
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Could Virtual Interviews Solve Government's Recruiting Problem?
A new survey finds about 43 percent of millennials think agencies should use social media in recruiting.
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In the Future, Body Cameras Won't Need Humans to Interpret Footage
The intelligence community wants technology that can interpret video feeds.
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Here's Donald Trump's Plan to Dominate Cyber
The Republican nominee shared what his cyber priorities would be if he wins in November.
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GSA Launches ‘Federation’ to Standardize Governmentwide Data
Expansion of data.gov website is aimed at easing cross-agency comparisons.
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Text-Based Emergency Alerts Could Soon Include More Characters, URLs
FCC adopted rules that would increase the amount of information emergency managers could send out.
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Rep. Will Hurd: ‘Encryption is Good for Our National Security’
Where does the debate over encryption go from here?
Management
The Algorithms That Tell Bosses How Employees Are Feeling
Sentiment-analysis software can help companies figure out what’s bothering workers—or what they’re excited about.
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Election Systems Are Vulnerable But Not How You Think
Undermining citizens’ confidence in the election outcome has been a side effect of conspiracy theorists, campaigns and recent headlines, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp told lawmakers.
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Obama White House Makes Big Final Push for Enduring IT Reforms
Officials cheer on agency and industry innovation at Open Data Summit.
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Medicine at Forefront of White House Open Data Initiatives
For at least two projects, the impetus is personal as well as technological.
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First FedRAMP Accelerated Authorization Takes 15 Weeks
Microsoft Customer Relationship Manager Online received the first provisional authority to operate the Accelerated process in 15 weeks.
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How the 'Data Cabinet' Could Break Down Project Barriers
Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil wants to connect government data professionals so they can help other agencies.
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NOAA’s Next-Gen Weather Satellite Gets Launch Date
After a year of delays, NOAA expects to launch GOES-R this fall.
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