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USDA Official: Private Sector Needs To Help Us Share Technology
The Agriculture Department's Risk Management CIO asked industry to take the lead on shared services.
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White House CIO: New IT Fund Isn't 'Get It And Forget It' Money
The White House's chief information officer is continuing his public relations campaign to promote the $3 billion IT Modernization Fund.
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IG: Social Security Should’ve Considered Scrapping $300M IT Project
Agency officials only considered two options: buying commercial code or building their own.
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DOD Plans to Eliminate Common Access Cards
Halvorsen said the Pentagon will move to “true multifactor” authentication that would increase DOD’s agility and cut costs and the time to issue the cards themselves.
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What the Joint Chiefs’ Email Hack Tells Us About the DNC Breach
The two attacks share a perpetrator and even some techniques. Here’s how to stop them.
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Intelligence Agency Wants to Keep ‘Novel Organisms’ From Threatening Humans
IARPA is hosting a Proposers' Day for businesses in a couple weeks.
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Farenthold: Cyber Will Be Next Administration's Greatest Challenge
Reports of self-radicalized terrorists could force lawmakers to draw boundaries for what citizens can consume on the internet.
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Watchdog Knocks State Department for Thousands of Zombie Accounts
Most of the inactive accounts have been dormant for more than a year -- in violation of agency policy.
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Russian Spies Hacked the Democratic Party to Steal Information on Donald Trump
Hackers have infiltrated the DNC’s computer systems, accessing staff emails, chat logs, and volumes of opposition research.
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Federal CIO: IT Upgrade Fund is ‘Single Biggest Opportunity’ to Make Dent in Legacy IT
Over the next three years, more than $3 billion worth of federal IT investments will reach end-of-life, Tony Scott says.
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Why Countering Drones in Civilian Air Space Is So Problematic
Technology developments have outpaced law enforcement’s ability to respond effectively.
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This Agency Has to Write a Government Contract Just to Promote its Facebook Posts
The Defense Commissary Agency wants more people to see its posts, which include recipes and food jokes.
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Lack of Funding Means Several Agencies Won’t Be Getting Digital Service Teams After All
Of the 25 largest federal agencies slated for the effort, just three currently have officially chartered digital service teams.
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America is 'Dropping Cyberbombs' – But How Do They Work?
The country's actual offensive cyber capabilities remain shrouded in the classified world.
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$19 Billion National Cyber Plan Might Consolidate Hack Response Contracts
The plan envisions a one-stop shop for agencies to quickly buy cyberincident response services.
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House Oversight Probes Obama’s Tech Teams: ‘Why Do We Have 18F and USDS?’
18F and USDS were questioned today during a House oversight hearing.
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Meet the Navy SEAL Leading the Fight Against ISIS Messaging
Michael Lumpkin believes he’s got a model for future efforts to counter extremism online in real time.
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Clinton to Trump: Delete Your Account
What a Twitter fight between Clinton and Trump says about politics and politicking on the internet.
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Carter Proposes Letting Campus Recruiters Hire Cyber Students on the Spot
Today, recruiters must first send their preferred candidates through the red tape that is USAJobs.gov to, among other things, fill out a resume, upload documents, respond to questions and wait for application processing.
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