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White House Thinks Data Could Keep Many With Mental Illness Out of Jail
Amazon, Esri and other tech companies are also on board.
Defense
Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout of U.S. Nuclear Tests, 70 Years Later
In the summer of 1946, the U.S. government detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years of radiation exposure later, residents are still fighting for justice, and a government compensation program is broke.
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Inside NSA’s 'Sociotechnical' Data Experiment
The numbers alone aren't enough to change how an agency makes decisions.
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Nearly One-Third of Feds Unable to Detect an Insider Intrusion, Survey Says
Federal employees might be overconfident about their IT systems' intrusion detection ability.
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How to Continue FITARA’s Momentum in the Next Administration
With an administration shift, the people appointed sometimes “don’t even know how to spell ‘information technology,'" one former agency CIO said.
Tech
Early Days of Internet Offer Lessons for Boosting 3D Printing
3D printing is opening doors to amazing opportunities and benefits – as well as some undeniable dangers. Patience and caution about regulating it will yield more innovation.
Management
Clinton Technology Plan Promises 'Smarter' Government
Former secretary of State becomes first presidential candidate to back implementation of DATA Act.
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If Elected, Clinton Wants to Keep USDS and 18F
The presumptive Democratic nominee laid out her tech agenda this week.
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Should Border Agents Scroll Through Foreigners’ Facebook Profiles?
A proposed change to a common U.S. customs form would allow the government to vet travelers’ social media accounts.
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Why GitHub Chased the Federal Market
It's no cakewalk, exactly, to get the federal sector to embrace certain open source tools.
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'Innovation' Without a Business Case Is A Waste of Time, Says FCC Official
The commission debuted three new applications in the past week.
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Homeland Security is Considering Asking Foreign Visitors to Hand Over Their Social Media Information
The government is weighing a proposal to ask foreign visitors to disclose their social media accounts when entering or leaving the country.
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Have Thoughts About Artificial Intelligence? The White House Wants You to Chime In.
OSTP is investigating AI's role in government.
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FDA Wants New Software to Track Product Quality
The agency is looking for a commercial solution.
Management
Juno: NASA's Sturdy, Sophisticated, History-Making Spacecraft
The spacecraft was designed to make it all the way to Jupiter, then orbit the planet without getting destroyed in the process
Tech
2016: The Proving Ground for Political Data
The contrast between Trump's no-data approach and Clinton's analytics-heavy campaign offers an opportunity to evaluate the role, and usefulness, of data in political campaigns
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Do Federal Bosses Speak Data? They Should.
It may sound counterintuitive, but sometimes too much data can make decision-making more difficult.
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Better Data Just Saved Taxpayers $900 Million in Medicare Fraud
HHS recently hired a chief data officer and has aggressive plans for a cadre of new data gurus.
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