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White House Wants Techies to Delve Into Police Data
The program intends to make police data more transparent to the public.
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IARPA Wants a Hand-Held Laser Gun That Can Detect Chemicals 100 Feet Away
Current technologies for detecting narcotics, explosives and other dangerous chemicals requires physical contact.
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Is the Pentagon’s Innovation Unit Too Cozy with Silicon Valley?
Lawmakers are concerned by the "pinpoint focus on one geographic region" in the Defense Department's innovation efforts.
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Homeland Security Wants to Standardize Requirements in ‘Cyber’ Jobs
There’s federal effort to use the same definitions and qualifications for jobs involving cybersecurity across the government.
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FBI Official: In Recovering from Cyberattacks, the ‘Who’ Isn’t So Important
Attribution is less important than action.
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Lawmakers Want Updates on Pentagon’s Security Clearance Overhaul
That’s one of the requirements written into the House version of the Defense Authorization Act.
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Rubio: Politicians Don't Talk Enough About Tech Jobs
Employees concerned about their jobs being replaced don't know how to prepare themselves, Rubio said Wednesday.
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The Cell Phone-Monitoring Agency You’ve Never Heard Of
The DHS subcomponent tracked cell calls during the San Bernardino attack last December.
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Ex-Hacker: If You Get Hacked, Sue Somebody
The days of software companies having built-in legal “liability protections” are about to come to an end, one expert says.
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The Military Wants a Privacy Firewall for Disaster Response
A new tool to strip personal information from tweets and social media could help troops zero in on trouble spots.
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Homeland Security Wants Government To Get Better at Mobile Security
A new document includes insights for chief information officers, business owners and developers.
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Juniper Code Hack Remains a Whodunit
What is known is that the government still does not have its act together when a software emergency goes down.
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Despite ‘Agile’ Approach, Agencies Might Not Meet DATA Act Deadline
It’s been almost two years since Congress passed legislation requiring agencies to standardize spending data.
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DHS Wants to Overhaul System Storing Sensitive Critical Infrastructure Data
The agency says the current system has fallen behind the times.
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Facebook for Trees: The Forest Service’s Quest to Make a Tree Database More User-Friendly
The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land
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How Far Did the Juniper Hack Go? ‘Some of That Gear Was in Place for Years,’ DHS Official Says
The vulnerability concerns unauthorized code placed in the vendor's firewalls and virtual private networks that could have allowed hackers to read encrypted messages.
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EPA’s Digital Chief Steps Down
The former 18F director and PIF is joining a Danish software company.
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Cybersecurity Still ‘At-Risk’ Career Field in the Federal Government
The Obama administration plans to publish the first-ever governmentwide cybersecurity HR strategy later this month.
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