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First Responders: We Can’t Wait for FirstNet
Officials from first responder groups said they need better communication apps.
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Survey: More Than Half of Feds Want to Unleash As Much Data As Possible
These effort should “go beyond basic sharing," 60 percent of the survey respondents said.
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Conservative Transparency Group Sues 12 Agencies Alleging FOIA Obstruction
Cause of Action says White House reviews are delaying documents.
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Watchdog: FEMA Needs Better Plan for ‘Cobbled Together’ IT Systems
By its own admission, FEMA’s IT environment is a tangled morass of systems and applications.
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Biden Begs Researchers to Collaborate on Cancer Cure
Siloed data is a major roadblock to cancer research, Vice President Joe Biden said in Washington on Monday.
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White House: If Unchecked, Big Data Could Lead to Discrimination
A new report warns that algorithms might inadvertently be biased against certain populations.
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Box Rolls Out FedRAMP-Approved Government Offering
With that authority, Box for Government can now serve civilian agencies at the FedRAMP-moderate level.
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Justice is Crafting a Body Camera Catalog for Local Police Forces
Data protection and privacy controls are scattered throughout the seven-page list of characteristics that will be included in the guide.
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VA Hires Part of HealthCare.gov 'Rescue Team' to Run Vets.gov
The new VA site is supposed to be a single sign-on portal hosting all online veteran services.
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After ISIS, Americans Fear Cyberattacks Most
Nearly three in four people consider them a major threat to the U.S.
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The Key to Using Terabytes of Data to Predict Soldier Suicide
Researchers analyzed 1.1 billion data points from 39 Army and Defense Department databases.
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White House Envisions an Artificially Intelligent Government
A working group plans to convene next week to discuss AI pilots.
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3 Steps for Resurrecting Your Useless Zombie Apps
Over time, many of those early agency apps became “zombies” skulking in the dark corners of the app stores, purposeless and all but dead
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Twitter Tips from the Education Dept: Don't Try to be 'the Cool Mom'
FAFSA’s team is known for its social engagement and its ability to leverage prominent hashtags, like yesterday’s #Maythe4thbewithyou.
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The Eric Schmidt-Backed Startup Working to Put Hillary Clinton in the White House
The Groundwork, according to Democratic campaign operatives and technologists, is part of efforts by Schmidt to elect Clinton.
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NSA Plan to Trash Employee Complaint Files Raises Concerns for Some
The move comes amid a legal battle about the potential improper disposal of whistleblower evidence.
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How IoT and Augmented Reality Will Disrupt Federal Tech
Such a future may only be a few years away, according to a new report.
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If Zika Becomes a National Crisis, Americans Want to Hear From Government -- Just Not on the Phone
A new survey shows people prefer to receive information about a national health emergency via the Internet and television.
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